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William Davis
1692-1756
Mary Wicker
1706-1756
Samuel Chadwick
1700-1749
Mary Stocker Bosworth
1700-1775
Nathan Davis
1723-1808

William Davis
1864-1914


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    1. North Carolina, Deaths, 1906-1930, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
    2. U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com

    Historical events

    Birthday September 3, 1864

    • The temperature on September 3, 1864 was about 13.5 °C. There was 2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 3 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 94%. 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 February 1, 1862 to February 10, 1866 the cabinet Thorbecke II, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1864: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
      • April 18 » Battle of Dybbøl: A Prussian-Austrian army defeats Denmark and gains control of Schleswig. Denmark surrenders the province in the following peace settlement.
      • April 29 » Theta Xi fraternity is founded at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, the only fraternity to be founded during the American Civil War.
      • May 29 » Emperor Maximilian I of Mexico arrives in Mexico for the first time.
      • November 11 » American Civil War: General William Tecumseh Sherman begins burning Atlanta to the ground in preparation for his march to the sea.
      • November 25 » American Civil War: A group of Confederate operatives calling themselves the Confederate Army of Manhattan starts fires in more than 20 locations in an unsuccessful attempt to burn down New York City.
      • November 29 » American Civil War: Battle of Spring Hill: The Confederate Army of Tennessee misses an opportunity to crush the Army of the Ohio.

    Day of death July 21, 1914

    • The temperature on July 21, 1914 was between 14.8 °C and 29.4 °C and averaged 22.3 °C. There was 8.2 hours of sunshine (51%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-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 1914: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 6.2 million citizens.
      • January 1 » The SPT Airboat Line becomes the world's first scheduled airline to use a winged aircraft.
      • April 24 » The Franck–Hertz experiment, a pillar of quantum mechanics, is presented to the German Physical Society.
      • September 3 » William, Prince of Albania leaves the country after just six months due to opposition to his rule.
      • September 8 » World War I: Private Thomas Highgate becomes the first British soldier to be executed for desertion during the war.
      • September 18 » The Irish Home Rule Act becomes law, but is delayed until after World War I.
      • October 5 » World War I: An aircraft successfully destroys another aircraft with gunfire.

    Day of burial July 22, 1914

    • The temperature on July 22, 1914 was between 16.6 °C and 26.8 °C and averaged 20.7 °C. There was 3.9 mm of rain. There was 1.2 hours of sunshine (7%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. 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 1914: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 6.2 million citizens.
      • May 17 » The Protocol of Corfu is signed, recognising full autonomy to Northern Epirus under nominal Albanian sovereignty.
      • July 23 » Austria-Hungary issues a series of demands in an ultimatum to the Kingdom of Serbia demanding Serbia to allow the Austrians to determine who assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand. Serbia accepts all but one of those demands and Austria declares war on July 28.
      • August 9 » Start of the Battle of Mulhouse, part of a French attempt to recover the province of Alsace and the first French offensive of World War I.
      • August 26 » World War I: During the retreat from Mons, the British II Corps commanded by General Sir Horace Smith-Dorrien fought a vigorous and successful defensive action at Le Cateau.
      • December 15 » World War I: The Serbian Army recaptures Belgrade from the invading Austro-Hungarian Army.
      • December 25 » A series of unofficial truces occur across the Western Front to celebrate Christmas.
    

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