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He is married to Barbara Anne Spooner.

They got married on May 30, 1797 at 1652399, Somerset, England, he was 37 years old.


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  1. William Wilberforce  1798-1879
  2. Barbara Wilberforce  1799-1821
  5. Samuel Wilberforce  1805-1873

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    William WilberforceGender: MaleBirth: Aug 24 1759 - Hull, Yorkshire, EnglandBaptism: Nov 25 1764 - Rowley near Hull, Yorkshire, EnglandOccupation: Liberator of the slavesMarriage: Spouse: Barbara Anne Wilberforce (born Spooner) - May 30 1797 - Bath, Somerset, England, United KingdomDeath: July 29 1833 - London, EnglandBurial: Aug 5 1833 - Westminster Abbey, London, Greater London, UKFather: <a>Robert Wilberforce</a>Mother: <a>Elizabeth Wilberforce (born Bird)</a>Wife: <a>Barbara Anne Wilberforce (born Spooner)</a>Children: <a>Barbara Wilberforce</a>, <a>Elizabeth James (born Wilberforce)</a>, &;lt;a>William Wilberforce (born Wilberforce J.P)</a>, <a>Robert Isaac Wilberforce</a>, <a>Samuel Wilberforce, Bishop of Winchester</a>, <a>Henry William Wilberforce</a>Siblings: <a>Sarah Stephen (born Wilberforce)</a>, <a>Anne Wilberforce</a>, <a>Elizabeth Ann Wilberforce</a>
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    William WilberforceBirth name: William Wilberforce ;[Esquire]Gender: MaleBirth: Aug 24 1759 - Kingston upon Hull, Yorkshire, England, United KingdomChristening: Nov 25 1764 - Rowley Near Hull, Yorkshire, EnglandMarriage: Spouse: Barbara Ann Spooner - May 30 1797 - Walcot, Somerset, England, United KingdomDeath: July 29 1833 - Cadogan Place, Chelsea, Greater London, EnglandDeath: Aug 3 1833 - Worcestershire, England, United KingdomBurial: Aug 3 1833 - Westminster Abbey, Westminster, Middlesex, EnglandParents: <a>Robert Wilberforce</a>, <a>Elizabeth Wilberforce (born Bird)</a>Wife: <a>Barbara Ann Wilberforce (born Spooner)</a>Children: <a>William Wilberforce</a>, <a>Henry William Wilberforce</a>, <a>Barbara Wilberforce</a>, <a>Samuel Wilberforce</a>, <a>Elizabeth James (born Wilberforce)</a>, <a>Robert Isaac Wilberforce</a>Siblings: <a>Elizabeth Wilberforce</a>, <a>Sarah Wilberforce</a>, <a>Anne Wilberforce</a>, <a>Judith Wilberforce</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Additional information: <br> <br>LifeSketch: MP. Abolitionist. Buried at Westminster Abbey, London. Died age 74 from influenza.ll, Yorkshire, the only son of Elizabeth Bird and Robert Wilberforce, a wealthy merchant. With his father's death in 1768, he was sent to live with relatives in London where he was first exposed to nonconformist Christianity. In 1776, he enrolled in St John's College, Cambridge where he made friends such as William Pitt before taking a degree in 1781. At 21, he ran for and was elected to Parliament where he earned a reputation as an eloquent speaker. Beginning about 1784 he gradually converted his way of thinking, taking up an evangelical Christianity, and reportedly decided he would use his public life to serve God. In 1787, he helped to found a The Proclamation Society in opposition to the publication of obscenity and the Society for Effecting the Abolition of the Slave Trade. In 1789, he introduced 12 resolutions against the slave trade to fierce opposition. In 1791, he again brought a motion to the House of Commons to abolish the slave trade, but was defeated. Another bill to cease the trade was passed by the House of Commons in 1792; but with the compromise amendment that the ban should be 'gradual.' He continued to chip away at the trade, and in 1807, a bill to abolish the slave trade in the British West Indies was carried into law on March 25. He spent the next several years developing the Sierra Leone Company as a foundation for launching missionaries in Africa. In 1823, he became a vice president of the Society for the Mitigation and Gradual Abolition of Slavery Throughout the British Dominions, more commonly called the Anti-Slavery Society. He resigned his parliamentary seat in 1824, after an illness. In July 1833, after a parliamentary debate of some three months, the Abolition of Slavery bill passed on its third reading in the House of Commons. Wilberforce died three days later at age 74.

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Birthday August 24, 1759

  • The temperature on August 24, 1759 was about 21.0 °C. Wind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: geheel betrokken. Source: KNMI
  • Erfstadhouder Prins Willem V (Willem Batavus) (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1751 till 1795 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
  • Regentes Anna (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1751 till 1759 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
  • In the year 1759: Source: Wikipedia
    • January 11 » The first American life insurance company, the Corporation for Relief of Poor and Distressed Presbyterian Ministers and of the Poor and Distressed Widows and Children of the Presbyterian Ministers (now part of Unum Group), is incorporated in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
    • January 15 » The British Museum opens to the public.
    • May 1 » Josiah Wedgwood founds the Wedgwood pottery company in Great Britain.
    • August 1 » Seven Years' War: The Battle of Minden, an allied Anglo-German army victory over the French. In Britain this was one of a number of events that constituted the Annus Mirabilis of 1759 and is celebrated as Minden Day by certain British Army regiments.
    • September 18 » French and Indian War: The Articles of Capitulation of Quebec are signed.
    • November 25 » An earthquake hits the Mediterranean destroying Beirut and Damascus and killing 30,000-40,000.

Christening day November 25, 1764

  • The temperature on November 25, 1764 was about 3.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north-northeast. Weather type: betrokken donker. Source: KNMI
  • Erfstadhouder Prins Willem V (Willem Batavus) (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1751 till 1795 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
  • Regent Lodewijk Ernst (Hertog van Brunswijk-Wolfenbüttel) was from 1759 till 1766 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
  • In the year 1764: Source: Wikipedia
    • January 19 » Bolle Willum Luxdorph records in his diary that a mail bomb, possibly the world's first, has severely injured the Danish Colonel Poulsen, residing at Børglum Abbey.
    • January 19 » John Wilkes is expelled from the British House of Commons for seditious libel.
    • February 15 » The city of St. Louis is established in Spanish Louisiana (now in Missouri, USA).
    • September 7 » Election of Stanisław August Poniatowski as the last ruler of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.

Day of marriage May 30, 1797

  • The temperature on May 30, 1797 was about 14.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west-northwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken. Source: KNMI
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    De Republiek der Verenigde Nederlanden werd in 1794-1795 door de Fransen veroverd onder leiding van bevelhebber Charles Pichegru (geholpen door de Nederlander Herman Willem Daendels); de verovering werd vergemakkelijkt door het dichtvriezen van de Waterlinie; Willem V moest op 18 januari 1795 uitwijken naar Engeland (en van daaruit in 1801 naar Duitsland); de patriotten namen de macht over van de aristocratische regenten en proclameerden de Bataafsche Republiek; op 16 mei 1795 werd het Haags Verdrag gesloten, waarmee ons land een vazalstaat werd van Frankrijk; in 3.1796 kwam er een Nationale Vergadering; in 1798 pleegde Daendels een staatsgreep, die de unitarissen aan de macht bracht; er kwam een nieuwe grondwet, die een Vertegenwoordigend Lichaam (met een Eerste en Tweede Kamer) instelde en als regering een Directoire; in 1799 sloeg Daendels bij Castricum een Brits-Russische invasie af; in 1801 kwam er een nieuwe grondwet; bij de Vrede van Amiens (1802) kreeg ons land van Engeland zijn koloniën terug (behalve Ceylon); na de grondwetswijziging van 1805 kwam er een raadpensionaris als eenhoofdig gezag, namelijk Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck (van 31 oktober 1761 tot 25 maart 1825).
  • In the year 1797: Source: Wikipedia
    • February 4 » The Riobamba earthquake strikes Ecuador, causing up to 40,000 casualties.
    • February 22 » The last Invasion of Britain begins near Fishguard, Wales.
    • July 25 » Horatio Nelson loses more than 300 men and his right arm during the failed conquest attempt of Tenerife (Spain).
    • October 11 » The Royal Navy decisively defeats the Batavian Navy at Camperdown during the French Revolutionary Wars.
    • October 18 » Treaty of Campo Formio is signed between France and Austria
    • October 21 » In Boston Harbor, the 44-gun United States Navy frigate USSConstitution is launched.

Day of death August 3, 1833

  • The temperature on August 3, 1833 was about 15.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north-northwest. Weather type: omtrent betrokken winderig bui. Source: KNMI
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    De Republiek der Verenigde Nederlanden werd in 1794-1795 door de Fransen veroverd onder leiding van bevelhebber Charles Pichegru (geholpen door de Nederlander Herman Willem Daendels); de verovering werd vergemakkelijkt door het dichtvriezen van de Waterlinie; Willem V moest op 18 januari 1795 uitwijken naar Engeland (en van daaruit in 1801 naar Duitsland); de patriotten namen de macht over van de aristocratische regenten en proclameerden de Bataafsche Republiek; op 16 mei 1795 werd het Haags Verdrag gesloten, waarmee ons land een vazalstaat werd van Frankrijk; in 3.1796 kwam er een Nationale Vergadering; in 1798 pleegde Daendels een staatsgreep, die de unitarissen aan de macht bracht; er kwam een nieuwe grondwet, die een Vertegenwoordigend Lichaam (met een Eerste en Tweede Kamer) instelde en als regering een Directoire; in 1799 sloeg Daendels bij Castricum een Brits-Russische invasie af; in 1801 kwam er een nieuwe grondwet; bij de Vrede van Amiens (1802) kreeg ons land van Engeland zijn koloniën terug (behalve Ceylon); na de grondwetswijziging van 1805 kwam er een raadpensionaris als eenhoofdig gezag, namelijk Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck (van 31 oktober 1761 tot 25 maart 1825).
  • In the year 1833: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 2.9 million citizens.
    • January 3 » The United Kingdom claims sovereignty over the Falkland Islands.
    • February 6 » Otto becomes the first modern King of Greece.
    • May 25 » The Chilean Constitution of 1833 is promulgated.
    • July 5 » Lê Văn Khôi along with 27 soldiers stage a mutiny taking over the Phiên An citadel, developing into the Lê Văn Khôi revolt against Emperor Minh Mạng.
    • July 11 » Noongar Australian aboriginal warrior Yagan, wanted for the murder of white colonists in Western Australia, is killed.
    • December 18 » The national anthem of the Russian Empire, "God Save the Tsar!", is first performed.


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