The Brothers Grimm

The German brothers Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm retold and compiled collections of folk tales and fairy tales in the early to mid-nineteenth century as a part of their linguistic research. Many of the fairy tales in their collection still remain popular in today's culture.

The Brothers Grimm began collecting folk tales around 1807, in response to a wave of awakened interest in German folklore that followed the publication of Ludwig Achim von Arnim and Clemens Brentano's folksong collection Des Knaben Wunderhorn. By 1810 the Grimms produced a manuscript collection of several dozen tales, which they had recorded by inviting storytellers to their home and transcribing what they heard. In 1812, the Brothers published a collection of 86 fairy tales in a volume titled Kinder-und Hausmarchen (Grimm's Fairy Tales). A second volume of 70 fairy tales followed in 1814. Together, with the first volume, the first edition of the collection contained 156 stories. A second edition followed in 1822. Five more editions were issued during the Grimms' lifetimes.

• January 4, 1785: Jacob Ludwig Carl Grimm Born

• February 24, 1786: Wilhelm Carl Grimm Born

• 1802: Jacob studies law at University of Marburg

• 1803: Wilhelm studies law at University of Marburg

• 1819: Both receive honorary Doctorate from Marburg

• 1825: Wilhelm marries Henriette Dorothea Wild

• 1837-1841: Protest against constitutional violation of Ernst August, King of Hanover

• December 16, 1859: Wilhelm dies

• September 20, 1863: Jacob dies

• Wikipedia: Chronology of Jacob Grimm's Solitary Works

• Wikipedia: Chronology of Wilhelm Grimm's Solitary Works

• 1812: Grimm's Fairy Tales

• 1815: Deutsche Sagen -Collection of 585 German Folk Tales

• 1884: Household Tales -Translated by Margaret Hunt-Posthumously

• The majority of the following links are to IMDb, which has pop-ups

• IMDb: Jacob Grimm Filmography | Wilhelm Grimm Filmography

• 1910: Little Snow White

• 1912: Cinderella

• 1917: The Babes in the Woods

• 1936: Puss in Boots

• 1937: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

• 1950: Cinderella

• 1954: The Three Wishes

• 1955: The Sleeping Beauty

• 1961: The Magic Fountain

• 1966: "Jackanory"

• 1982: "Faerie Tale Theatre"

• 1990: The Goose Girl

• 1993: Beauty and the Beast

• 2007: Rapunzel