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Household of Bessie Wallis Warfield (Duchess of Windsor)

(1) She is married to Earl Winfield Spencer.

They got married on November 8, 1916 at Baltimore, Verenigde Staten, she was 20 years old.

The couple were divorced on December 10, 1927.


(2) She is married to Ernest Aldrich Simpson.

They got married on July 21, 1928 at London, England, she was 32 years old.

The couple were divorced on May 3, 1937.


(3) She is married to Edward Albert Christian George Andrew Patrick David Windsor.

They got married on June 3, 1937 at château, de, Candé, Loir-et-Cher, Centre, France, she was 40 years old.

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Bessie Wallis Warfield

Bessie Wallis Warfield
1896-1986

(1) 1916

Earl Winfield Spencer
1888-1950

(2) 1928

Ernest Aldrich Simpson
1897-1958

(3) 1937

Edward Albert Christian George Andrew Patrick David Windsor
1894-1972


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Historical events

Birthday June 19, 1896

  • The temperature on June 19, 1896 was about 17.7 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 77%. 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 May 9, 1894 to July 27, 1897 the cabinet Roëll, with Jonkheer mr. J. Roëll (oud-liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1896: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
    • January 28 » Walter Arnold of East Peckham, Kent, becomes the first person to be convicted of speeding. He was fined one shilling, plus costs, for speeding at 8mph (13km/h), thereby exceeding the contemporary speed limit of 2mph (3.2km/h).
    • May 18 » The United States Supreme Court rules in Plessy v. Ferguson that the "separate but equal" doctrine is constitutional.
    • May 26 » Charles Dow publishes the first edition of the Dow Jones Industrial Average.
    • June 15 » The deadliest tsunami in Japan's history kills more than 22,000 people.
    • August 16 » Skookum Jim Mason, George Carmack and Dawson Charlie discover gold in a tributary of the Klondike River in Canada, setting off the Klondike Gold Rush.
    • September 21 » Anglo-Egyptian conquest of Sudan: British forces under the command of Horatio Kitchener take Dongola.

Day of marriage June 3, 1937

  • The temperature on June 3, 1937 was between 3.5 °C and 17.3 °C and averaged 11.8 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain during 0.1 hours. There was 2.7 hours of sunshine (16%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the 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 July 31, 1935 to June 24, 1937 the cabinet Colijn III, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from June 24, 1937 to July 25, 1939 the cabinet Colijn IV, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1937: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 8.6 million citizens.
    • February 11 » The Flint sit-down strike ends when General Motors recognizes the United Auto Workers trade union.
    • February 21 » The League of Nations bans foreign national "volunteers" in the Spanish Civil War.
    • March 18 » Spanish Civil War: Spanish Republican forces defeat the Italians at the Battle of Guadalajara.
    • July 8 » Turkey, Iran, Iraq and Afghanistan sign the Treaty of Saadabad.
    • August 28 » Toyota Motors becomes an independent company.
    • December 12 » Second Sino-Japanese War: USS Panay incident: Japanese aircraft bomb and sink U.S. gunboat USSPanay on the Yangtze river in China.

Day of death April 24, 1986

  • The temperature on April 24, 1986 was between 3.6 °C and 13.5 °C and averaged 9.2 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain during 0.1 hours. There was 3.5 hours of sunshine (24%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Beatrix (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from April 30, 1980 till April 30, 2013 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, November 4, 1982 to Monday, July 14, 1986 the cabinet Lubbers I, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, November 4, 1986 to Tuesday, November 7, 1989 the cabinet Lubbers II, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1986: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 14.5 million citizens.
    • March 24 » The Loscoe gas explosion leads to new UK laws on landfill gas migration and gas protection on landfill sites.
    • April 25 » Mswati III is crowned King of Swaziland, succeeding his father Sobhuza II.
    • September 7 » Desmond Tutu becomes the first black man to lead the Anglican Diocese of Cape Town.
    • October 3 » TASCC, a superconducting cyclotron at the Chalk River Laboratories in Canada, is officially opened.
    • October 19 » The president of Mozambique and a prominent leader of FRELIMO, along with 33 others, die when their aircraft crashes into the Lebombo Mountains.
    • November 22 » Mike Tyson from Brooklyn, New York becomes the youngest heavyweight champion in boxing history at age 20.

Day of burial April 29, 1986

  • The temperature on April 29, 1986 was between 2.2 °C and 14.3 °C and averaged 8.6 °C. There was 0.5 hours of sunshine (3%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Beatrix (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from April 30, 1980 till April 30, 2013 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, November 4, 1982 to Monday, July 14, 1986 the cabinet Lubbers I, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, November 4, 1986 to Tuesday, November 7, 1989 the cabinet Lubbers II, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1986: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 14.5 million citizens.
    • January 20 » In the United States, Martin Luther King, Jr. Day is celebrated as a federal holiday for the first time.
    • April 5 » Three people are killed in the bombing of the La Belle discotheque in West Berlin, Germany.
    • May 25 » The Hands Across America event takes place.
    • July 9 » The New Zealand Parliament passes the Homosexual Law Reform Act legalising homosexuality in New Zealand.
    • August 6 » A low-pressure system that redeveloped off the New South Wales coast dumps a record 328 millimeters (13inches) of rain in a day on Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
    • September 23 » Houston Astros' Jim Deshaies sets a record, striking out the first eight batters he faces against the Los Angeles Dodgers.


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