Families Klein, Ree, de Breed en de Vries van Terschelling » John Ramsey Balfour (1738-1813)

Personal data John Ramsey Balfour 

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  • He was born in the year 1738 in Balbirnie, Fifeshire, Scotland.
  • He was christened on January 25, 1738 in Markinch, Fife, Scotland.
  • Alternative: He was christened.
  • Profession: 5th of Balbirnie.
  • He died on December 15, 1813 in Scotland, he was 75 years old.
  • A child of Robert Balfour and Ann Ramsay

Household of John Ramsey Balfour

He is married to Ellen Mary Gordon.

They got married.


Child(ren):

  1. Robert Balfour  1762-1837 
  2. Robert Balfour  1772-1837
  3. Elizabeth Balfour  1773-1844 
  4. James Balfour  1775-1845 

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Sources

  1. Harvey Web Site, Trevor Harvey, John Ramsey Balfour, 5th of Balbirnie, April 25, 2021
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Historical events

Christening day January 25, 1738

  • The temperature on January 25, 1738 was about 2.0 °C. There was 26 mm of rainWind direction mainly northwest. Weather type: regen en helder. Source: KNMI
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    Van 1702 tot 1747 kende Nederland (ookwel Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden) zijn Tweede Stadhouderloze Tijdperk.
  • In the year 1738: Source: Wikipedia
    • April 15 » Serse, an Italian opera by George Frideric Handel receives its premiere performance in London, England.
    • April 18 » Real Academia de la Historia ("Royal Academy of History") is founded in Madrid.
    • May 24 » John Wesley is converted, essentially launching the Methodist movement; the day is celebrated annually by Methodists as Aldersgate Day and a church service is generally held on the preceding Sunday.
    • May 25 » A treaty between Pennsylvania and Maryland ends the Conojocular War with settlement of a boundary dispute and exchange of prisoners.
    • July 15 » Baruch Laibov and Alexander Voznitzin are burned alive in St. Petersburg, Russia. Vonitzin had converted to Judaism with Laibov's help, with the consent of Empress Anna Ivanovna.
    • July 20 » Canadian explorer Pierre Gaultier de Varennes et de La Vérendrye reaches the western shore of Lake Michigan.

Day of death December 15, 1813

  • The temperature on December 15, 1813 was about 5.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west-southwest. Weather type: omtrent betrokken. 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 1813: Source: Wikipedia
    • February 20 » Manuel Belgrano defeats the royalist army of Pío de Tristán during the Battle of Salta.
    • June 21 » Peninsular War: Wellington defeats Joseph Bonaparte at the Battle of Vitoria.
    • August 19 » Gervasio Antonio de Posadas joins Argentina's Second Triumvirate.
    • October 16 » The Sixth Coalition attacks Napoleon in the three-day Battle of Leipzig.
    • October 26 » War of 1812: A combined force of British regulars, Canadian militia, and Mohawks defeat the Americans in the Battle of the Chateauguay.
    • December 8 » Premiere of Beethoven's Seventh Symphony.


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