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Personal data Major Hon. William Henry CURZON 


Household of Major Hon. William Henry CURZON

(1) He is married to Beatrice Louisa Margaret PAGE.

They got married on October 26, 1870, he was 43 years old.


(2) He is married to Emily COWPER.

They got married on November 3, 1874 at Penrith Cumberland England U.K, he was 47 years old.


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Notes about Major Hon. William Henry CURZON

35C2R* from King Adgillis II van Friesland (ca 0678 - ca 737).
36C1R* from King Adgillis II van Friesland (ca 0678 - ca 737).
37th Cousin from King Adgillis II van Friesland (ca 0678 - ca 737).
37C2R from King Adgillis II van Friesland (ca 0678 - ca 737).
35C4R* from King Adgillis II van Friesland (ca 0678 - ca 737).
36C3R* from King Adgillis II van Friesland (ca 0678 - ca 737).
37C2R* from King Adgillis II van Friesland (ca 0678 - ca 737).
39th Cousin from King Adgillis II van Friesland (ca 0678 - ca 737).

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Historical events

Birthday June 1, 1827

  • The temperature on June 1, 1827 was about 15.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south-southwest. Weather type: half bewolkt winderig. 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 1827: Source: Wikipedia
    • March 7 » Brazilian marines unsuccessfully attack the temporary naval base of Carmen de Patagones, Argentina.
    • March 15 » University of Toronto is founded.
    • August 17 » Dutch King William I and Pope Leo XII sign concord
    • August 22 » José de la Mar becomes President of Peru.
    • October 1 » Russo-Persian War: The Russian army under Ivan Paskevich storms Yerevan, ending a millennium of Muslim domination of Armenia.
    • October 20 » In the Battle of Navarino, a combined Turkish and Egyptian fleet is defeated by British, French and Russian naval forces in the last significant battle fought with wooden sailing ships.

Day of marriage November 3, 1874

  • The temperature on November 3, 1874 was about 9.0 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 97%. Source: KNMI
  • Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • 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).
  • From August 27, 1874 till November 3, 1877 the Netherlands had a cabinet Heemskerk - Van Lijnden van Sandenburg with the prime ministers Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) and Mr. C.Th. baron Van Lijnden van Sandenburg (AR).
  • In the year 1874: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
    • February 28 » One of the longest cases ever heard in an English court ends when the defendant is convicted of perjury for attempting to assume the identity of the heir to the Tichborne baronetcy.
    • March 15 » France and Vietnam sign the Second Treaty of Saigon, further recognizing the full sovereignty of France over Cochinchina.
    • July 1 » The Sholes and Glidden typewriter, the first commercially successful typewriter, goes on sale.
    • July 8 » The Mounties begin their March West.
    • August 5 » Japan launches its postal savings system, modeled after a similar system in the United Kingdom.
    • November 25 » The United States Greenback Party is established as a political party consisting primarily of farmers affected by the Panic of 1873.

Day of death January 5, 1914

  • The temperature on January 5, 1914 was between 1.6 °C and 8.2 °C and averaged 4.8 °C. There was 8.9 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. 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 August 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1914: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 6.2 million citizens.
    • April 23 » First baseball game at Wrigley Field, then known as Weeghman Park, in Chicago.
    • July 11 » Babe Ruth makes his debut in Major League Baseball.
    • August 24 » World War I: The Battle of Cer ends as the first Allied victory in the war.
    • August 25 » World War I: The library of the Catholic University of Leuven is deliberately destroyed by the German Army. Hundreds of thousands of irreplaceable volumes and Gothic and Renaissance manuscripts are lost.
    • November 13 » Zaian War: Berber tribesmen inflict the heaviest defeat of French forces in Morocco at the Battle of El Herri.
    • December 15 » World War I: The Serbian Army recaptures Belgrade from the invading Austro-Hungarian Army.


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