| * 23.06.1804 | Breslau | Born at 23 June in Breslau | 
                                              
                                                     
                                                        | 1820 - 1823 |  | Carpenter's apprentice | 
                                              
                                                     
                                                        | 1823 - 1825 | Berlin | Visit of the Commercial Institute in Berlin without degree | 
                                              
                                                     
                                                        | 1825 | Berlin | Starting work as a technician in the Engells' "New Berlin Iron Foundry" | 
                                              
                                                     
                                                        | 1837 | Berlin | Formation of his own machinery company with 50 employees | 
                                              
                                                     
                                                        | 22.07.1837 | Berlin | First iron casting at Borsig | 
                                              
                                                     
                                                        | 24.07.1841 | Berlin | First successful test drive at Borsig Locomotive | 
                                              
                                                     
                                                        | 1846 | Berlin | 100th Locomotive of Borsig company | 
                                              
                                                     
                                                        | 1846 | Berlin | Contract for the construction of a hammer and rolling mill in Berlin-Moabit | 
                                              
                                                     
                                                        | 1848 | Berlin | Participation in the March Revolution in Berlin as a major in the militia | 
                                              
                                                     
                                                        | 1854 | Berlin | 500th Locomotive "Greif" | 
                                              
                                                     
                                                        | † 06.07.1854 | Berlin | Died at 06 July in Berlin |