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1. Dez. 2023 · Norton I, Emperor of the United States. The story of the life of the first and only emperor of the United States, Joshua Abraham Norton, seems quintessentially American. Born to a middle-class Jewish family in England, Norton came to the United States around 1845 from South Africa and set up shop in San Francisco as a mercantile middleman.
Joshua Norton wurde am 4. Februar 1819 in London geboren und wuchs in Südafrika als Kind einer britischen Pioniersfamilie auf. Mit 30 zog Norton, der wie sein Vater ein erfolgreicher Händler geworden war, von Rio de Janeiro, wo er es zu nennenswertem Reichtum gebracht hatte, nach San Francisco. Im Zuge des Goldrausches brachte es Norton bis ...
September 17, 1859 – Joshua A. Norton, who lost his money in an attempt to corner the rice market, today declared himself Norton I, Emperor of the United States and Protector of Mexico. December 2, 1859 – Norton I dismissed Gov. Wise of Virginia for hanging John Brown and appointed John C. Breckenridge of Kentucky to replace him.
A nonprofit advancing the legacy of the 19th-century San Francisco eccentric and visionary Emperor Norton (1818–1880) through research, education and advocacy.
Born in London in 1818, Joshua Abraham Norton experienced a massive upheaval right out of the gates. When he was only two, his family joined the 1820 Settlers, who were part of a grand colonial scheme. That scheme was downright bizarre: The government encouraged them to move to South Africa.
Jahrhunderts. Joshua Norton, Kind schottischer Eltern, aufgewachsen in der Kapkolonie, schafft es dort mit gutem wirtschaftlichem Gespür zu rechtem Wohlstand. Doch all das ändert sich schlagartig im Jahr 1852, als ein Ereignis nicht nur Nortons wirtschaftlichen Status verändern wird. Das Episodenbild zeigt ein Porträt Joshua Nortons.
25. Mai 2021 · Left Cape Town Before Either of His Parents or His Two Nearest Siblings Had Died. Joshua Norton was born on 4 February 1818. The period from 1846 to 1848, when Joshua was between 28 and 30, was a season of death for his immediate family. Joshua’s older brother, Louis — the eldest of the Norton siblings, having been born in June 1816 ...
