John Jacob Astor
Grand Duchy of Baden
John Jacob Astor was a very successful businessman, notable for his fur trading empire. - AsNotedIn
| Notable Position | Organization | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| American Fur Company | 1808 | 1834 | |
| Pacific Fur Company | 1810 | 1813 |
John Jacob Astor was a very successful businessman, notable for his fur trading empire. - AsNotedIn
| Notable Position | Organization | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| American Fur Company | 1808 | 1834 | |
| Pacific Fur Company | 1810 | 1813 |
| Y/M/D | Description | Association | Composition | Place | Locale | Food | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Y/M/D | Description | Association | Composition | Place | Locale | Food | Event |
| 1736/07/17 | Maria Magdalena vom Berg, wife of Johann Jacob Astor, gives birth to a son, Johann Jakob Astor, in Walldorf, in the Electoral Palatinate. | Born | Baden-Wurttemberg | Germany | John Jacob Astor's Birthday | ||
| 1808/00/00 | John Jacob Astor establishes American Fur Company in New York. | Work | |||||
| 1832/00/00 | LaGrange Terrace, a row of 9 mansions, is originally built with central heating, indoor toilets, bathing rooms, and both hot and cold running water by Seth Green (or Geer or Greer), an Albany builder and speculator. | Developer | LaGrange Terrace | New York City | |||
| 1835/00/00 | John Jacob Astor plats the Town of Astor on the Fox River. | Developer | Astor Historic District | Green Bay, WI | |||
| 1840/00/00 | John Jacob Astor buys an estate of about 125 acres of land west of the Albany Post Road. Astor almost immediately makes a gift of this purchase to his daughter Dorothea Langdon and her five children. | Buyer | Vanderbilt Mansion National Historic Site | Hyde Park, NY | |||
| 1848/03/29 | John Jacob Astor dies. | Died | John Jacob Astor's Funeral | ||||
| 1848/04/01 | The funeral of the late John Jacob Astor is held at St Thomas Church (lost). | In Memoriam | St Thomas Church and Parish House | New York City | John Jacob Astor's Funeral | ||
| 1848/04/01 | John Jacob Astor is buried in the Astor Vault at the Trinity Church Cemetery and Mausoleum. | In Memoriam | Chapel of the Intercession Complex and Trinity Cemetery | New York City | John Jacob Astor's Funeral | ||
| 1854/01/09 | Astor Library opens, with help from book collector and librarian Joseph Green Cogswell and $400,000 from John Jacob Astor, designed by architect, Alexander Saeltzer. | Benefactor | New York Shakespeare Festival Public Theater | New York City |
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