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Prince Karl Ernst of Schönburg-Waldenburg

1836

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A life in time

  1. 1836

    Born

  2. 20 Oct 1872

    A son is born

During his lifetime

He lived through 11 decades. Pick one to hear and see what it was like.

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The 1830s · Prince is born

Around the world1832

Cholera spreads around the world

A cholera pandemic from India reached Europe and the Americas; cities learned the hard way about clean water and sewers.

Photography is born. The daguerreotype was presented in Paris: for the first time a face or a street could be kept exactly as it looked.Around the world · 1839

Photography is born. The daguerreotype was presented in Paris: for the first time a face or a street could be kept exactly as it looked.

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Around the world1825–1830

The first passenger railway

In England a steam locomotive pulled the first public train in 1825; within decades railways crossed every continent.