Ludwig Johann van Beethoven

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About Ludwig Johann van Beethoven

He emigrated to America, where he worked for the Michigan Central Railroad Company of Detroit. He married a concert pianist, Maria Nitsche. Their only son Karl Julius died childless, and thus the Beethoven name died out.

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Ludwig Johann van Beethoven's Timeline

1839
1839
1865
November 4, 1865
Vienna, Vienna, Austria
1867
July 31, 1867
Wien - Rossau, Österreich (Austria)
1870
May 8, 1870
Vienna, Vienna, Austria
1871
1871
1874
1874
1890
1890
Age 51
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