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John Sutter

1803 - 1880

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John Augustus Sutter (February 23, 1803 – June 18, 1880), born Johann August Sutter and known in Spanish as Don Juan Sutter, was a Swiss immigrant who became a Mexican and later an American citizen, known for establishing Sutter's Fort in the area that would eventually become Sacramento, California, the state's capital. His employee James W. Marshall discovered gold, leading to the founding of the mill-making team at Sutter's Mill. Sutter, however, saw his own business ventures fail during the California gold rush, though those of his elder son, John Augustus Sutter Jr., were more successful. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. John Sutter is the 211th most popular explorer (down from 175th in 2019), the 2,363rd most popular biography from Germany (down from 2,020th in 2019) and the 9th most popular German Explorer.

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Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, John Sutter ranks 211 out of 498. Before him are Nicolas Durand de Villegaignon, Douglas Mawson, John Rolfe, René Caillié, Vasily Tatishchev, and Jean-Baptiste Tavernier. After him are Ruy López de Villalobos, Jorge Álvares, Gerónimo de Aguilar, Wilhelm Filchner, Bartolomeu Perestrello, and Ohthere of Hålogaland.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1803, John Sutter ranks 32. Before him are Muhammad IV of Morocco, John Ericsson, Karl Gützlaff, Peter Chanel, Heinrich Daniel Ruhmkorff, and Henry Darcy. After him are Alexandre-Gabriel Decamps, Heinrich Wilhelm Dove, Alexander von Nordmann, Henri Herz, Joseph Paxton, and Luís Alves de Lima e Silva, Duke of Caxias. Among people deceased in 1880, John Sutter ranks 21. Before him are Bettino Ricasoli, Ole Bull, Peter Johann Nepomuk Geiger, Sara Forbes Bonetta, Édouard Séguin, and Frederick VIII, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein. After him are Arnold Ruge, Constantin Hansen, Oliver Winchester, Luís Alves de Lima e Silva, Duke of Caxias, Raden Saleh, and August Karl von Goeben.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, John Sutter ranks 2,364 out of 7,253. Before him are Floris III, Count of Holland (1141), Princess Maria Ferdinanda of Saxony (1796), Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Crown Princess of Prussia (1746), Fritz Müller (1822), August Hermann Francke (1663), and Karl Frenzel (1911). After him are Magdalene of Bavaria (1587), Hermann-Bernhard Ramcke (1889), Sigismund, Duke of Bavaria (1439), Leopold II, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau (1700), Princess Helena Adelaide of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg (1888), and Johann Andreas Stein (1728).

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Among EXPLORERS In Germany

Among explorers born in Germany, John Sutter ranks 9. Before him are Carsten Niebuhr (1733), Philip Johan von Strahlenberg (1676), Adam Olearius (1603), Hans Staden (1525), Gustav Nachtigal (1834), and Duke Adolf Friedrich of Mecklenburg (1873). After him are Wilhelm Filchner (1877), Nikolaus Federmann (1505), Julius Klaproth (1783), Karl Weyprecht (1838), Adolf Lüderitz (1834), and Ludwig Leichhardt (1813).

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