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Ancestors (and descendant) of John Melvin Dunaway

Aaron Moses Beard
1797-1875
Kizziah Carter
1798-1845

John Melvin Dunaway
1854-1917


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    Birthday October 19, 1854

    • The temperature on October 19, 1854 was about 9.0 °C. There was 2 mm of rain. The atmospheric humidity was 97%. 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).
    • From April 19, 1853 till July 1, 1856 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Hall - Donker Curtius with the prime ministers Mr. F.A. baron Van Hall (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. D. Donker Curtius (conservatief-liberaal).
    • In the year 1854: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 3.3 million citizens.
      • January 4 » The McDonald Islands are discovered by Captain William McDonald aboard the Samarang.
      • February 24 » A Penny Red with perforations was the first perforated postage stamp to be officially issued for distribution.
      • March 31 » Commodore Matthew Perry signs the Convention of Kanagawa with the Tokugawa Shogunate, opening the ports of Shimoda and Hakodate to American trade.
      • October 9 » Crimean War: The siege of Sevastopol begins.
      • October 21 » Florence Nightingale and a staff of 38 nurses are sent to the Crimean War.
      • December 8 » In his Apostolic constitution Ineffabilis Deus, Pope Pius IX proclaims the dogmatic definition of Immaculate Conception, which holds that the Blessed Virgin Mary was conceived free of Original Sin.

    Day of death November 12, 1917

    • The temperature on November 12, 1917 was between -1.9 °C and 10.1 °C and averaged 4.3 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain. There was 7.4 hours of sunshine (82%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-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 1917: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 6.5 million citizens.
      • March 1 » The Zimmermann Telegram is reprinted in newspapers across the United States after the U.S. government releases its unencrypted text.
      • March 8 » The United States Senate votes to limit filibusters by adopting the cloture rule.
      • June 26 » World War I: The American Expeditionary Forces begin to arrive in France. They will first enter combat four months later.
      • December 7 » World War I: The United States declares war on Austria-Hungary.
      • December 11 » World War I: British General Edmund Allenby enters Jerusalem on foot and declares martial law.
      • December 20 » Cheka, the first Soviet secret police force, is founded.
    

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