Downs Tree » Luke Lea (1810-1898)
Personal data Luke Lea
Source 1- He/she was born on November 19, 1810 in Blaine, Grainger County, Tennessee, United States of America.Source 1
- He/she passed away on May 9, 1898 in Vicksburg, Warren County, Mississippi, United States of America, at the age of 87 years.Source 1
- He/she was burried in Grainger County, Tennessee, United States of America.Source 1
- A child of Major Lea and Lavinia Lea
Household of Luke Lea
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Historical events
Birthday November 19, 1810
- The temperature on November 19, 1810 was about 9.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south-southwest. Weather type: omtrent betrokken regen. Source: KNMI
- This page is only available in Dutch.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 1810: Source: Wikipedia
- April 20 » The governor of Caracas, Venezuela declares independence from Spain.
- July 20 » Citizens of Bogotá, New Granada declare independence from Spain.
- August 26 » The former viceroy Santiago de Liniers of the Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata is executed after the defeat of his counter-revolution.
- August 28 » Battle of Grand Port: The French accept the surrender of a British Navy fleet.
- September 8 » The Tonquin sets sail from New York Harbor with 33 employees of John Jacob Astor's newly created Pacific Fur Company on board. After a six-month journey around the tip of South America, the ship arrives at the mouth of the Columbia River and Astor's men establish the fur-trading town of Astoria, Oregon.
- November 23 » Sarah Booth debuts at the Royal Opera House.
Day of death May 9, 1898
- The temperature on May 9, 1898 was about 11.9 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 87%. Source: KNMI
- Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
- Regentes Emma (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1898 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
- In The Netherlands , there was from July 27, 1897 to August 1, 1901 the cabinet Pierson, with Mr. N.G. Pierson (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
- In the year 1898: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
- March 16 » In Melbourne the representatives of five colonies adopted a constitution, which would become the basis of the Commonwealth of Australia.
- April 25 » Spanish–American War: The United States declares war on Spain.
- June 11 » The Hundred Days' Reform, a planned movement to reform social, political, and educational institutions in China, is started by the Guangxu Emperor, but is suspended by Empress Dowager Cixi after 104 days. (The failed reform led to the abolition of the Imperial examination in 1905.)
- June 13 » Yukon Territory is formed, with Dawson chosen as its capital.
- July 3 » A Spanish squadron, led by Pascual Cervera y Topete, is defeated by an American squadron under William T. Sampson in the Battle of Santiago de Cuba.
- August 29 » The Goodyear tire company is founded.
Same birth/death day
- 1802 » Solomon Foot, American lawyer and politician († 1866)
- 1805 » Ferdinand de Lesseps, French diplomat and engineer, developed the Suez Canal († 1894)
- 1808 » Janez Bleiweis, Slovenian journalist, physician, and politician († 1881)
- 1812 » Karl Schwarz, German theologian and politician († 1885)
- 1828 » Rani Lakshmibai, Indian queen († 1858)
- 1831 » James A. Garfield, American general, lawyer, and politician, 20th President of the United States († 1881)
- 1889 » William S. Harney, American general (b. 1800)
- 1906 » Oscar von Gebhardt, German theologian and academic (b. 1844)
- 1914 » C. W. Post, American businessman, founded Post Foods (b. 1854)
- 1915 » Anthony Wilding, New Zealand tennis player and cricketer (b. 1883)
- 1915 » François Faber, Luxembourgian-French cyclist and soldier (b. 1887)
- 1918 » George Coșbuc, Romanian journalist and poet (b. 1866)
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