Arbre Chatelain » Charles Alphonse VIRION (1886-1917)
Personal data Charles Alphonse VIRION
- He was born on February 7, 1886 in Gugney-aux-Aulx88450.
- He died (Mort pour la France, mort des suites de maladie contractée en service) on July 22, 1917 in Saint-Genis-Laval, he was 31 years old.
- The birth parents are Charles Nicolas VIRION and Marie Clémence COLLÉ
- This information was last updated on November 10, 2015.
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Birthday February 7, 1886
- The temperature on February 7, 1886 was about -3.2 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the northeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 86%. Source: KNMI
- Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
- In The Netherlands , there was from April 23, 1884 to April 21, 1888 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) as prime minister.
- In the year 1886: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
- May 4 » Haymarket affair: A bomb is thrown at policemen trying to break up a labor rally in Chicago, United States, killing eight and wounding 60. The police fire into the crowd.
- May 5 » The Bay View massacre: A militia fires into a crowd of protesters in Milwaukee, killing seven.
- May 29 » The pharmacist John Pemberton places his first advertisement for Coca-Cola, which appeared in The Atlanta Journal.
- July 3 » The New-York Tribune becomes the first newspaper to use a linotype machine, eliminating typesetting by hand.
- October 28 » President Cleveland dedicates the Statue of Liberty.
- November 27 » German judge Emil Hartwich sustains fatal injuries in a duel, which would become the background for Theodor Fontane's Effi Briest.
Day of death July 22, 1917
- The temperature on July 22, 1917 was between 8.2 °C and 21.7 °C and averaged 15.3 °C. There was 13.6 hours of sunshine (85%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest. Source: KNMI
- Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
- In The Netherlands , there was from August 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
- In the year 1917: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 6.5 million citizens.
- May 26 » Several powerful tornadoes rip through Illinois, including the city of Mattoon.
- July 12 » The Bisbee Deportation occurs as vigilantes kidnap and deport nearly 1,300 striking miners and others from Bisbee, Arizona.
- July 27 » World War I: The Allies reach the Yser Canal at the Battle of Passchendaele.
- December 7 » World War I: The United States declares war on Austria-Hungary.
- December 15 » World War I: An armistice between Russia and the Central Powers is signed.
- December 20 » Cheka, the first Soviet secret police force, is founded.
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