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Personal data George Henry Wright 


Household of George Henry Wright

He is married to Elizabeth I Newton.

They got married on February 28, 1872 at Driehoek, Vryheid, Natal, South Africa, he was 21 years old.


Child(ren):

  1. Harriet Emma Wright  1882-1940 

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Ancestors (and descendant) of George Henry Wright

George Henry Wright
1851-1898

1872

Elizabeth I Newton
1852-1899

Harriet Emma Wright
1882-1940

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Historical events

Day of marriage February 28, 1872

  • The temperature on February 28, 1872 was about -0.7 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southwest. The atmospheric humidity was 90%. 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 January 4, 1871 to July 6, 1872 the cabinet Thorbecke III, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
  • From July 6, 1872 till August 27, 1874 the Netherlands had a cabinet De Vries - Fransen van de Putte with the prime ministers Mr. G. de Vries Azn. (liberaal) and I.D. Fransen van de Putte (liberaal).
  • In the year 1872: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
    • January 12 » Yohannes IV is crowned Emperor of Ethiopia in Axum, the first imperial coronation in that city in over 200 years.
    • February 20 » The Metropolitan Museum of Art opens in New York City.
    • March 1 » Yellowstone National Park is established as the world's first national park.
    • March 5 » George Westinghouse patents the air brake.
    • May 10 » Victoria Woodhull becomes the first woman nominated for President of the United States.
    • December 9 » In Louisiana, P. B. S. Pinchback becomes the first African-American governor of a U.S. state.

Day of death August 1, 1898

  • The temperature on August 1, 1898 was about 18.0 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 84%. 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.
    • May 8 » The first games of the Italian football league system are played.
    • June 22 » Spanish–American War: In a chaotic operation, 6,000 men of the U.S. Fifth Army Corps begins landing at Daiquirí, Cuba, about 16 miles (26km) east of Santiago de Cuba. Lt. Gen. Arsenio Linares y Pombo of the Spanish Army outnumbers them two-to-one, but does not oppose the landings.
    • July 1 » Spanish–American War: The Battle of San Juan Hill is fought in Santiago de Cuba, Cuba.
    • 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.
    • November 3 » France withdraws its troops from Fashoda (now in Sudan), ending the Fashoda Incident.
    • December 26 » Marie and Pierre Curie announce the isolation of radium.


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