Ludwig van Beethoven was abandoned by his father Johann van Beethoven and Christian Gottlob Neefe.
With Haydn's departure for England in 1794, Beethoven was expected by the Elector to return home to Bonn
"=== 17921802: Vienna  the early years ===Beethoven left Bonn for Vienna in November 1792, amid rumours of war spilling out of France; he learned shortly after his arrival that his father had died

