Founded in 1776 by Adam Weishaupt, the Bavarian Illuminati sought to promote enlightenment ideals and reason over traditional authority. The group infiltrated Masonic lodges, recruiting ...

1. The Illuminati were founded in 1776 by a disgruntled scholar. He was a 28-year-old called Adam Weishaupt, a professor at the University of Ingolstadt in Bavaria. This era was a high point of ...