 Kuhn akaberekwa musi wa15 Chikunguru 1817 muProßnitz, Moravia, Austrian Empire zvino Prostějov muCzech Republic, mwanakomana waMajor Franz von Kuhn 1772-1842, uyo akanga ava nemukurumbira muna 1823, uye mwanasikana wemurimi Johanna Schwab 1787-1856. Akapedza zvidzidzo zvake nechikomborero paTheresian Military Academy muWiener Neustadt uye akapinda muchiuto muna 1837. Akashanda muvakuru vakuru vehondo semukuru muhondo dza1848 na1849 muItalyuye Hungary. Gare gare, Kuhn akanga ari mukuru mukuru we11th army corps muHungary kwemakore anoverengeka. Muna 1852 akapiwa chinzvimbo chebaronial uye akaroora Rosa von Thuren. Akakwidziridzwa kuva Oberstleutnant lieutenant colonel muna 1853. Muna 1856, Kuhn akava purofesa wezvirongwa zvechiuto pachikoro chechiuto muVienna. Akatora chikamu muChipiri Hondo yeItaly yeRusununguko muna 1859, semukuru wevashandi vakuru kuna Field Marshal Ferenc Gyulay, Musi waGumiguru 29, 1863, akasimudzirwa pachinzvimbo cheMajor General. 