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Emma Freiin von Landsberg-Velen

7 Feb 1868 – 5 Mar 1940

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Facts and their sources

A life in time

  1. 7 Feb 1868

    Born

  2. 18 Dec 1905

    A son is born

  3. 5 Mar 1940

    Dies, aged 72

During her lifetime

She lived through 9 decades. Pick one to hear and see what it was like.

General history, not a record about the family: each item says where it comes from.

The 1860s · Emma is born

The Suez Canal opens. A canal through Egypt joined the Mediterranean and the Red Sea, cutting the voyage from Europe to Asia by weeks.Around the world · 1869

The Suez Canal opens. A canal through Egypt joined the Mediterranean and the Red Sea, cutting the voyage from Europe to Asia by weeks.

NASA · public domain
A cable under the Atlantic. A telegraph cable laid across the ocean floor joined Europe and America: messages crossed in minutes instead of weeks.Around the world · 1866

A cable under the Atlantic. A telegraph cable laid across the ocean floor joined Europe and America: messages crossed in minutes instead of weeks.

Robert Charles Dudley · public domain