Elisabeth Hohn was born on 1 January 1756, in Ensheim, Alzey-Worms, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. She married Johannes Hisgen from 1773 to 1775, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 3 daughters. She died on 18 May 1807, in Josefsberg, Bezirk Drohobycz, Galicia, Austria, at the age of 51.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart is born in Salzburg, Austria.
The Napoleonic Wars begin.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart dies. He dies in Vienna at age 35.
Some characteristic forenames: German Arno, Hans, Fritz, Gunter, Helmut, Jutta, Kurt.
North German: from Middle Low German hōn ‘chicken’, hence a nickname, or a metonymic occupational name for someone who raised poultry.
North German: topographic name from an old word, hon, meaning ‘bog’.
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