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1729 – 1786Moses Mendelssohn (1729-1786)Died 4 January 1786, aged 56Moses Mendelssohn, the German Jewish philosopher regarded as a founding figure of the Haskalah, or Jewish Enlightenment, died in Berlin. He argued for religious tolerance and the integration of Jews into European civic life while preserving Jewish identity. His translation of the Torah into German and his philosophical writings influenced generations of Jewish and German thinkers.