Paradise Lost - Jaded

As it is easy to calculate, Ludwig at that time was seven years old and was in its eighth year. However, Johann ordered the poster to print that his son was only six. It would seem that the difference is not very great and the deception is not too reprehensible, but subsequently a whole series of misunderstandings arose from this, since Beethoven was accustomed to believe that he was actually born in 1772, and not in 1770. It was not possible to dissuade him even with the help of a copy of the baptismal certificate sent to him by his friend Wegler in 1810. Beethoven believed that it was erroneous and the record concerned his older brother Ludwig Maria, who died shortly after birth.