Put the dates back in.
A chronology of distinct organizations, historical research, and public reporting. Chronological sequence is not evidence of organizational continuity.
The Bavarian Illuminati is founded
Adam Weishaupt forms the historical Bavarian order. This is background context, not a Bohemian Grove event.
Encyclopaedia BritannicaContact with Masonic lodges
Britannica documents the Illuminati’s contact with lodges. This is a historical overlap, not evidence of a modern global organization.
Encyclopaedia BritannicaThe Bavarian order is suppressed
The Bavarian government bans the order. Britannica reports no further activities in the historical record after this point.
Encyclopaedia BritannicaThe Bohemian Club is founded
The San Francisco club begins with a cultural and artistic identity. Its founding comes 87 years after the suppression of the Bavarian Illuminati.
Encyclopaedia BritannicaElite cohesion becomes a research subject
G. William Domhoff publishes The Bohemian Grove and Other Retreats, examining upper-class social cohesion rather than assuming a secret governing body.
G. William Domhoff · University of California, Santa CruzA historical study is revisited
Domhoff makes the full 1974 book available with a new introduction, alongside his online discussion of the Grove.
G. William Domhoff · University of California, Santa CruzGuest access becomes an accountability story
ProPublica reports hospitality and travel involving Harlan Crow and Clarence Thomas, including visits to Bohemian Grove. Crow characterizes the hospitality as friendship.
ProPublica · April 6, 2023Disclosure reporting continues
ProPublica reports Thomas’s acknowledgment that two free vacations should have been disclosed. This is not a finding that Grove attendees collectively directed judicial decisions.
ProPublica · 2024The document is deliberately not placed on the timeline: this copy does not establish an issue date. A historical name in a roster must not be presented as evidence of attendance today.