When Dr. Ing. Albert Wilhelm von Opel was born on 15 May 1871, in Rüsselsheim a. Main, Groß-Gerau, Hesse, Germany, his father, Adam Opel, was 34 and his mother, Sophie Marie Opel (geb. Scheller), was 31. He married Charlotte Luise Lina Martha Bade on 14 September 1897, in Hildesheim, Lower Saxony, Germany. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. He died on 2 May 1948, in Wiesbaden, Hesse, Germany, at the age of 76, and was buried in Rüsselsheim a. Main, Groß-Gerau, Hesse, Germany.
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Young William (Wilhelm) II dismisses Bismarck.
Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary and his wife were assassinated in Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina provoking World War I.
On August 1, 1914, Germany declared war on Russia, sparking World War I. This would not be the last time Germany caused a world war. After the Allies defeated Germany, they signed the Treaty of Versailles.
Altered form of Welsh Vaughan .
Chinese: variant of Wong .
Cambodian: written វ៉ុន, unexplained.
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