Raff Timeline

Raff Family History
Timeline

Perspectives on the Raff Family History

Event in the Raff Family History	Date	Local and World Events and Conditions
	Prehistoric
	1800 BC	Germanic Settlement of Scandinavia, Jutland (Denmark) and northern German.
	circa 600 BC	Germanic tribes push as far south as the lower Rhine and the Vistula
	50 BC	Although the Roman Empire controls most of the Mediterranean world, the Rhine, Danube, and Limes (Roman Wall) protect it from the Germanic Tribes
Emergence of the Alemans	200 AD	Emergence of the Alemans, Franks, and Saxons in western Germany
	250 AD	The Alemans and Franks push cross the Rhine, and the Limes
	400 AD	The Romans withdraw from ancient Britain and Germany.
		The Holy Roman Emperor rules Germany as well as pieces of Italy, Austria, the Low Countries of Belguim and the Netherlands
	1100 AD	First record of the name Tegerloch (Decherloch) " "extensive forest"
	1217	Alexander Neckham of Kempsy England discovers the mariners compass.
Birth of Friedrich Raph	1505	Copernicus suspects that the earth is not the center of the universe. Columbus dies during his 4th journey to the new world. Michaelangelo is painting ceilings. Martin Luther enters the Augustinian monastery in Erfurt as Monk. Nostradamus is born in France.
Birth of Christoph Raph	1535	Martin Luther translates the Bible into German. Mercator is making maps. Pizaro conquers the Incas.
Christoph married Eva Haas	1561	Elizatheh I Rules England from 1558-1603. Council of Trent is in session 1545-1565
Birth of Christoff Raph	1568
Death of Christoph Raph	1591	Spanish Armada is defeated by English in 1588.
Christoff married Anna Wanner	1601	Galileo invents the Telescope
Birth of Friderich Raph	1609	Kepler publishes Astro Nova with his first 2 laws of planetary motion. Founding of the Protestant Union 1608 Foundation of the Catholic League 1609
Death of Eva Haas	1611
Death of Christoff Raph	1628	Rene Descartes Thinks, therefore he is
Dearh of Anna Wanner	1633	The church informs Gallileo that he is wrong. The earth is definitely the center of the universe.
Friderich married Catharina Sauluff	1646
Birth of Johann Adam Raph	1661
Johann married Anna Martha Reichlin	Unknown	Issac Newton publishes Principia in 1687
Death of Catharina Sauluff	1689
Birth of Georg Friedrich Raph	1690
Death of Anna Martha Reichlin	1698
Georg married Anna Marie Mayer	1711
Birth of Johann Friedrich Raph	1712
Johann married Maria Barbara Kramer	1739
Death of Anna Marie Mayer	1745
Birth of Samuel Friedrich Raph	1759
Death of Georg Friedrich Raph	1768
Death of Johann Friedrich Raph	1778	James Watt invents the first version of the new Watt Steam Engine
Samuel married Katharina Barbara Gohl	1779
Birth of Samuel Friedrich Raph II	1781
Death of Maria Barbara Kramer	1796	Eli Whitney patents improved cotton gin in 1794.
Samuel married Rosine Barbara Gohl	1804
Death of Samuel Friedrich Raph	1823
Birth of Johann Friedrich Raff	1826
Death of Katharina Barbara Gohl	1836	Approximate invention of photographic processes 1838 John Deere improves plow 1839 John Ericsson invents steam powered propeller screw. 1844 Samuel Morse Demonstrates Telegraph
Death of Samuel Friedrich Raph II	1852
Johann married Maria Barbara Higi	1854	Otis demonstrates elevator brake.
Birth of August Friedrich Raff	1857
Death of Rosine Barbara Gohl	1857
Death of Maria Barbara Higi	1861	Nicolaus August Otto builds 4-stroke gas engine.
Death of Johann Friedrich Raff	1866	Ottmar Mergenthaler invents linotype composing machine, George Westinghouse, Jr.invents Steam Break
August married Marie Barbara Vetter	1884	1876 Bell invents telephone. 1878 Edison Electric Light Company is founded. William Seward Burroughs patents calculating machine. George Eastman invents flexible photographic film. 1885 Martin Hall invents methods to produce aluminum cheaply.
Birth of David Wilhelm Raff.	1889	1901 Marconi receives radio transmission from across the Atlantic. 1903 Wright Brothers make first powered flight
David married Rosa Hausser	1918	Berliner flies helicopter and invents Gramophone using a flat disk.
Birth of Carl Friedrich Raff	1925
Death of August Friedrich Raff	1928	1932 invention of Neoprene
Death of Marie Barbara Vetter	1937
Birth of Carl Thomas Raff	1956	Sputnik I Orbits the Earth
Death of Rosa Hausser	1957
	1969	Neil Armstong walks on the Moon
Birth of Christopher Carl Raff	1985

Death of David Wilhelm Raff.	1992