Businessmen Cornelius Vanderbilt

Cornelius Vanderbilt

Living place: Staten Island

Birthday: 27-5-1794

Global rank: #23372

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Who is Businessmen Cornelius Vanderbilt?
The nickname is Commodore. He amassed a huge fortune through shipping and railroads.
He was a famous philanthropist and used part of his fortune to start a famous university named after him.
 
 

Young / Before famous

He dropped out of school at age 11 to work for his father's ferry business.

Family life info

His son William Henry Vanderbilt greatly expanded the empire and added to the millions earned from his father. He married Sophia Johnson in 1813 and he had a son named George Washington Vanderbilt II.

Close relationship

Who is Boy (girl) friend/ wife (husband)/ darling Businessmen Cornelius Vanderbilt?
He hired the great orator Daniel Webster to defend him in the Supreme Court for exclusive charges.

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When was Businessmen Cornelius Vanderbilt born?
Cornelius Vanderbilt was born in 27-5-1794, death year is , at the age of 230.
Where is Businessmen Cornelius Vanderbilt's birth place, what is Zodiac/Chinese Zodiac?
Cornelius Vanderbilt was born in Staten Island, New York- United States. is a Businessmen, whose Zodiac is Gemini, and who Chinese Zodiac is The Tiger. Cornelius Vanderbilt's global rank is 23372 and whose rank is 298 in list of famous Businessmen.
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Events in 1794 and 27-5

Birthday Cornelius Vanderbilt (27-5) in history

  • Day 27-5 year 1647: Alice Young was hanged for witchcraft in the thirteen American colonies. It was the first recorded witch execution in the United States.
  • Day 27-5 year 1703: Tsar Peter, the Great of Russia, founded the city of Petersburg.
  • Day 27-5 year 1936: The Queen Mary left England on its maiden voyage, arriving in France four hours later.
  • Day 27-5 year 1937: Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco opened.
  • Day 27-5 year 1941: British ships sank the German battleship Bismarck off the coast of France, resulting in the loss of 2,300 lives.
  • Day 27-5 year 1994: Nobel-prize winning dissident, Alexandr Solzhenitsyn returned to Russia after 20 years in exile.
  • Day 27-5 year 1996: After a year and a half of bloodshed, Russian President Boris Yeltsin met with the leader of the Chechen rebels and negotiated a cease-fire.
  • Day 27-5 year 1999: Slobodan Milosevic was indicted by the International War Crimes Tribunal at the Hague for crimes against humanity.
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