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Personal data William Robert FitzGerald 2nd Duke of Leinster 

Sources 1, 2, 3
  • Alternative names: William Robert FitzGerald, William Robet FitzGerald
  • He was born on March 12, 1749 in Arlington Place, Piccadilly // Kilkea Castle, Kildare, Ireland.
  • Profession: 2nd Duke of Leinster.
  • He died on October 20, 1804 in Carton House, Kildare, Leinster, Ireland, he was 55 years old.
  • A child of James FitzGerald and Emily Mary Lennox
  • This information was last updated on December 4, 2022.

Household of William Robert FitzGerald 2nd Duke of Leinster

He is married to Emilia Olivia Usher.

They got married on November 4, 1775, he was 26 years old.Source 4


Child(ren):

  5. George FitzGerald  1783-1784


Notes about William Robert FitzGerald 2nd Duke of Leinster

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Relationship William Robert FitzGerald 2nd Duke of Leinster

Sources

  1. "Ballard-Willis Family Tree," database, http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com , Ballard-Willis Family Tree, Mark W. Ballard
  2. royalfam.ged
  3. supplied by Williams., willperf.ged, rootsweb, 2009, compiled by Kenneth Williams
  4. Burkes LG Hamilton of Abbotstown

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Historical events

Birthday March 12, 1749

  • The temperature on March 12, 1749 was about 3.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east-northeast. Weather type: geheel betrokken. Source: KNMI
  • Erfstadhouder Prins Willem IV (Huis van Oranje) was from 1747 till 1751 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
  • In the year 1749: Source: Wikipedia
    • January 3 » Benning Wentworth issues the first of the New Hampshire Grants, leading to the establishment of Vermont.
    • January 3 » The first issue of Berlingske, Denmark's oldest continually operating newspaper, is published.
    • January 21 » The Teatro Filarmonico in Verona is destroyed by fire, as a result of a torch being left behind in the box of a nobleman after a performance. It is rebuilt in 1754.
    • May 19 » King George II of Great Britain grants the Ohio Company a charter of land around the forks of the Ohio River.
    • June 21 » Halifax, Nova Scotia, is founded.

Day of marriage November 4, 1775

  • The temperature on November 4, 1775 was about 3.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east-northeast. Weather type: helder. Special wheather fenomena: veel rijp. Source: KNMI
  • Erfstadhouder Prins Willem V (Willem Batavus) (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1751 till 1795 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
  • In the year 1775: Source: Wikipedia
    • April 14 » The first abolition society in North America is established. The Society for the Relief of Free Negroes Unlawfully Held in Bondage is organized in Philadelphia by Benjamin Franklin and Benjamin Rush.
    • June 12 » American Revolution: British general Thomas Gage declares martial law in Massachusetts. The British offer a pardon to all colonists who lay down their arms. There would be only two exceptions to the amnesty: Samuel Adams and John Hancock, if captured, were to be hanged.
    • August 20 » The Spanish establish the Presidio San Augustin del Tucson in the town that became Tucson, Arizona.
    • September 25 » American Revolution: Benedict Arnold's expedition to Quebec sets off.
    • October 18 » African-American poet Phillis Wheatley is freed from slavery.
    • November 10 » The United States Marine Corps is founded at Tun Tavern in Philadelphia by Samuel Nicholas.

Day of death October 20, 1804

  • The temperature on October 20, 1804 was about 9.0 °C. There was 26 mm of rainWind direction mainly south-southeast. Weather type: zeer 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 1804: Source: Wikipedia
    • March 4 » Castle Hill Rebellion: Irish convicts rebel against British colonial authority in the Colony of New South Wales.
    • March 21 » Code Napoléon is adopted as French civil law.
    • April 25 » The western Georgian kingdom of Imereti accepts the suzerainty of the Russian Empire.
    • May 22 » The Lewis and Clark Expedition officially begins as the Corps of Discovery departs from St. Charles, Missouri.
    • September 1 » Juno, one of the largest asteroids in the Main Belt, is discovered by the German astronomer Karl Ludwig Harding.
    • December 2 » At Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, Napoleon Bonaparte crowns himself Emperor of the French.


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