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Ancestors (and descendant) of John Polk

Joseph Isaac Polk
1780-1859
Sarah Eugene White
1785-1853
Loyd Polk
1806-1878
Asenith King Polk
± 1807-1889

John Polk
1832-1914


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    Birthday December 20, 1832

    • The temperature on December 20, 1832 was about 0.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west-northwest. Weather type: half bewolkt windstil. 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 1832: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 2.9 million citizens.
      • February 12 » Ecuador annexes the Galápagos Islands.
      • May 16 » Juan Godoy discovers the rich silver outcrops of Chañarcillo sparking the Chilean silver rush.
      • June 6 » The June Rebellion in Paris is put down by the National Guard.
      • November 21 » Wabash College is founded in Crawfordsville, Indiana.
      • December 20 » HMS Clio under the command of Captain Onslow arrives at Port Egmont under orders to take possession of the Falkland Islands
      • December 21 » Egyptian–Ottoman War: Egyptian forces decisively defeat Ottoman troops at the Battle of Konya.

    Day of death April 22, 1914

    • The temperature on April 22, 1914 was between 7.7 °C and 18.8 °C and averaged 13.2 °C. There was 7.7 hours of sunshine (54%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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.
      • March 1 » The Republic of China joins the Universal Postal Union.
      • April 24 » The Franck–Hertz experiment, a pillar of quantum mechanics, is presented to the German Physical Society.
      • August 25 » World War I: The library of the Catholic University of Leuven is deliberately destroyed by the German Army. Hundreds of thousands of irreplaceable volumes and Gothic and Renaissance manuscripts are lost.
      • September 11 » World War I: Australia invades German New Guinea, defeating a German contingent at the Battle of Bita Paka.
      • September 18 » The Irish Home Rule Act becomes law, but is delayed until after World War I.
      • November 1 » World War I: The Australian Imperial Force (AIF) departed by ship in a single convoy from Albany, Western Australia bound for Egypt.
    

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