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Jan Dobřenský

Chotěboř, 28 Mar 1841 – Chotěboř, 14 Jan 1919

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Facts and their sources

  • Born28 Mar 1841, Chotěbořnot verified1 source
  • MarriedElisabeth Gräfin Kottulinsky Baronin Kottulin und Krzižkowitznot verified1 source
  • TitleMember of the Bohemian Diet, 1883–1913or Member of Abgeordnetenhaus, 1884–1885 · Member of the House of Lords (Austria), 1895not verified1 source
  • TitleMember of Abgeordnetenhaus, 1884–1885or Member of the Bohemian Diet, 1883–1913 · Member of the House of Lords (Austria), 1895not verified1 source
  • TitleMember of the House of Lords (Austria), 1895or Member of the Bohemian Diet, 1883–1913 · Member of Abgeordnetenhaus, 1884–1885not verified1 source
  • Died14 Jan 1919, Chotěbořnot verified1 source

A life in time

  1. 28 Mar 1841

    Born in Chotěboř

  2. 7 Dec 1875

    A daughter is born

  3. 1883–1913

    Member of the Bohemian Diet

  4. 1884–1885

    Member of Abgeordnetenhaus

  5. 1895

    Member of the House of Lords (Austria)

  6. 14 Jan 1919

    Dies in Chotěboř, aged 77

Family

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During his lifetime

He lived through 8 decades. Pick one to hear and see what it was like around Chotěboř.

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The 1840s · Jan is born in Chotěboř

In the news1848

Abolition of serfdom in 1848

In 1848, the revolution led to the abolition of serfdom across the empire, fundamentally changing the lives of rural people.

Getting around

Steam trains and strict police regulation

The first steam train between Vienna and Brno covered roughly 130 kilometers in just four and a half hours. Passengers were initially required to obtain police permits before and after their journeys.

In Europe1845–1852

The Great Famine in Ireland

Potato blight ruined harvests: a million Irish people died and a million more emigrated, many to America.

Daily life

School attendance reality and seasonal patterns

Although school was legally compulsory for children aged 6 to 12, many village children only attended during the winter months when there was no farm work. By 1830, approximately 90 percent of eligible children were officially enrolled in school.

What people wore

Wealthy farmers' coin-studded belts

Wealthy farmers often wore leather belts embroidered with peacock quills and silk, which were uniquely studded with coins on the inside.

Music

Paying musicians by the song at festivals

At feast dances, musicians were paid six kreutzers per song, and they would only play what a patron requested and paid for.

At the table

Poor families ate dark potato dumplings

Poor families made dense dumplings from raw grated potatoes and rye or oat flour, known as blue dumplings or bosáky, which had a dark, slimy appearance.