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Otto Jahn

Otto Jahn, German archaeologist and philologist (died 1869)

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Born
June 16, 1813
Died
September 9, 1869
Zodiac sign
Gemini
Birth year
1813

About Otto Jahn

Otto Jahn was a German archaeologist, philologist, and writer on art and music. Otto Jahn (German:; 16 June 1813, in Kiel – 9 September 1869, in Göttingen) was a German archaeologist, philologist, and writer on art and music. His Griechische Bilderchroniken was published after his death, by his nephew Adolf Michaelis, who has written an exhaustive biography in Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie: Adolf Michaelis (1881). "Jahn, Otto". Media related to Otto Jahn at Wikimedia Commons "Jahn, Otto".

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Otto Jahn timeline

  1. Otto Jahn (German:; 16 June 1813, in Kiel – 9 September 1869, in Göttingen) was a German archaeologist, philologist, and writer on art and music.
  2. His Griechische Bilderchroniken was published after his death, by his nephew Adolf Michaelis, who has written an exhaustive biography in Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie: Adolf Michaelis (1881). "Jahn, Otto".

The world when Otto Jahn was born

Otto Jahn was born in 1813. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1813

  • Best-selling bookPride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

Headlines and milestones

  • Top headlineBattle of Lake Erie — US naval victory
  • Technology milestoneFirst modern factory system in textiles
  • World population~965M

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderJames Madison
  • U.S. population7.9M

1813 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Otto Jahn's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure18132026
Population7.9M341 million

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