Timeline

Schaumburg-Lippe is created by the division of the County of Schaumburg (Grafschaft Schaumburg).

October 24, 1648, the Peace of Westphalia ends the Thirty Years War, during which 20% of the population of the Holy Roman Empire dies. In some areas 50% of the population is killed.

Carl Friedrich Bleeke (1794–1853) born at Leteln Nr. 13, Grafschaft Schaumburg (County of Schaumburg), Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation.

Johann Heinrich Philip Bleeke (1797–1883) born at Leteln Nr. 13, Graftschaft Schaumburg, Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation.

The French Revolution begins in 1789.

In a bloodless coup Napoleon comes to power. The Napoleonic Wars will run from 1800 to 1815.

Christine Luise Eleonore Krückeberg, the older sister of Johann Heinrich Krückeberg, is born 26 April 1798 in Evesen. Both siblings will immigrate with their future families to Adams county, Indiana. Christine Luise Eleonore Krückebereg would marry Christian Friedrich Bleeke, who was born in 25th December 1800 in Leteln. Christian Friedrich Bleeke was the youngest of two older brothers who immigrated before him and were awarded land patents, on 10 November 1840 to tracts of land in Section 21 of Union township, Adams County, Indiana in November 1840.

Christian Friedrich Bleeke (1800–1889) born at Leteln Nr. 13, Graftschaft Schaumburg, Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation.

Johann Heinrich Krückeberg (1806–1879) born in Berenbush, Graftschaft Schaumburg-Lippe.

Francis II, Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation, abdicates. Empire dissolved. Schaumburg-Lippe joins Rheinbund (Confederation of the Rhine), which includes all German states except Austria and Prussia.

Carl Friedrich Krückeberg (1807–Unknown) born in Berenbush, Graftschaft Schaumburg-Lippe.

Christian Friedrich Bleeke (1800–1889) marries Christine Luise Eleonore Krückeberg (1799–unknown), in Frille. She is the sister of Johann Heinrich Krückeberg

Carl Friedrich Bleeke and his family arrive in New York.