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The Illuminati was an organization (1776-1785) of enlightened intellectuals whose goal was the overthrow of an oppressive monarchy and the control of civil authorities by the Roman Catholic Church. The founder was Adam Weishaupt, a Bavarian writer and scholar. The organization was very unsuccessful in their endeavor because that monarch, Karl Theodor, Duke of Bavaria and Prince-Elector of the Holy Roman Empire, successfully destroyed the organization and imprisoned the leadership who were not able to flee.

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The Illuminati was organized in the 1776 by Adam Weishaupt, a Bavarian writer and scholar. The Illuminati was an organization (1776-1785) of enlightened intellectuals whose goal was the overthrow of an oppressive monarchy and the control of civil authorities by the Roman Catholic Church. They were very unsuccessful in their endeavor because that monarch successfully destroyed the organization and imprisoned their leadership.

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The original Order of Illuminati was organized in 1776 in Bavaria to bring together a group of enlightened thinkers. The founder was Johann Adam Weishaupt, a German philosopher and a professor at the University of Ingolstadt. He recruited other intellectuals of the period who were dissatisfied with the royal government whom they considered despots.

In 1785, Duke Charles Theodore, ruler of Bavaria, outlawed secret organizations, which disbanded the Illuminati. Any group claiming that name or anyone claiming to 'know' about a group or its members today is either gullible or selling magazines, books, or movies (or 'hits' on their website to show numbers to advertisers).

Adam Weishaupt founded the order in 1776.

The Duke of Bavaria ended it in 1785.

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Adam Weishaupt, professor of canon (church) law, founded the Illuminati in 1776, and ran for his life nine years later when it was disbanded.

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A group of free thinkers in 18th century Bavaria. No one since then.

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