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Personal data William PHILANDER Griffitts 


Household of William PHILANDER Griffitts


Child(ren):

  1. Lida Letitia Griffitts  1891-1959 

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William PHILANDER Griffitts
1865-1901



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Historical events

  • The temperature on May 1, 1865 was about 17.1 °C. The air pressure was 1.5 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 34%. 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 1865: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
    • April 9 » American Civil War: Robert E. Lee surrenders the Army of Northern Virginia (26,765 troops) to Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Court House, Virginia, effectively ending the war.
    • June 28 » The Army of the Potomac is disbanded.
    • July 7 » Four conspirators in the assassination of Abraham Lincoln are hanged.
    • November 18 » Mark Twain's short story "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County" is published in the New York Saturday Press.
    • December 4 » North Carolina ratifies 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, followed soon by Georgia, and U.S. slaves were legally free within two weeks.
    • December 6 » Georgia ratifies 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
  • The temperature on November 27, 1901 was between -1.4 °C and 1.9 °C and averaged -0.1 °C. 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 July 27, 1897 to August 1, 1901 the cabinet Pierson, with Mr. N.G. Pierson (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from August 1, 1901 to August 16, 1905 the cabinet Kuijper, with Dr. A. Kuijper (AR) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1901: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.2 million citizens.
    • January 1 » Nigeria becomes a British protectorate.
    • January 1 » The British colonies of New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria, South Australia, Tasmania, and Western Australia federate as the Commonwealth of Australia; Edmund Barton is appointed the first Prime Minister.
    • January 10 » The first great Texas oil gusher is discovered at Spindletop in Beaumont, Texas.
    • February 2 » Funeral of Queen Victoria.
    • March 2 » The U.S. Congress passes the Platt Amendment limiting the autonomy of Cuba, as a condition of the withdrawal of American troops.
    • May 3 » The Great Fire of 1901 begins in Jacksonville, Florida.


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