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Personal data Charles Pinckney 

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Household of Charles Pinckney

He is married to Mary Eleanor Laurens.

They got married on April 2, 1788, he was 30 years old.


Child(ren):

  3. Henry Laurens Pinckney  1794-1865 


Notes about Charles Pinckney

US Senator and Congressman. Governor of South Carolina. Signer of US Constitution. Born and raised in Charleston, South Carolina this son of a wealthy lawyer and planter became one of the framers of the US Constitution through his passionate speeches and problem solving abilities. He served in his state's militia participating in the Siege of Savannah in 1779. The next year he was captured by the British and was a Prisoner of War until the summer of 1781. During and after the war he also served as a member of the Continental Congress as well as in the state legislature. A strong nationalist he worked to increase congressional powers and assure that the US would achieve the rights needed to navigate the Mississippi River. Although he was the second youngest delegate at the Constitutional Convention he did not allow his youth to deter him from letting his ideas regarding the contents of the country's new constitution known. Many of his resolutions were adopted, although his later assertion that his final draft was the basis for the final constitution cannot be proved. Many historians credit him with fighting to make sure that the citizens of the young nation's religious liberties would be protected in the new document. After the convention he returned to South Carolina where he continued a life of public service. He served as governor from 1789 to 1792, from 1796 to 1798 and from 1806 to 1808. He was elected to the US Senate and served from 1798 to 1801 before resigning the seat to become the US Minster to Spain. While there he tried unsuccessfully to gain Florida for the US but did lay the groundwork for the Louisiana Purchase in 1803. He returned to South Carolina where he was elected several times to the state legislature before being sent to Congress by the voters in 1818. As a Congressman he became a strong opponent of the Missouri Compromise. Failing health forced him to give up public service in 1821. Three years later he died in his hometown of Charleston.

In the first census in 1790, he listed 45 slaves on his Orangeburg land. He also contributed to improved transportation within the state by operating a ferry over the Santee River at his plantation Mount Tacitus in 1795.
RIN: MH:N587

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    Birthday October 26, 1757

    • The temperature on October 26, 1757 was about 10.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west by south. Weather type: geheel betrokken regen. 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)
    • Regentes Anna (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1751 till 1759 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
    • In the year 1757: Source: Wikipedia
      • January 5 » Louis XV of France survives an assassination attempt by Robert-François Damiens, the last person to be executed in France by drawing and quartering, the traditional and gruesome form of capital punishment used for regicides.
      • May 6 » The end of Konbaung–Hanthawaddy War, and the end of Burmese Civil War (1740–1757).
      • June 18 » Battle of Kolín between Prussian forces under Frederick the Great and an Austrian army under the command of Field Marshal Count Leopold Joseph von Daun in the Seven Years' War.
      • June 23 » Battle of Plassey: Three thousand British troops under Robert Clive defeat a 50,000-strong Indian army under Siraj ud-Daulah at Plassey.
      • November 5 » Seven Years' War: Frederick the Great defeats the allied armies of France and the Holy Roman Empire at the Battle of Rossbach.
      • December 5 » Seven Years' War: Battle of Leuthen: Frederick II of Prussia leads Prussian forces to a decisive victory over Austrian forces under Prince Charles Alexander of Lorraine.

    Day of marriage April 2, 1788

    • The temperature on April 2, 1788 was about 7.0 °C. Wind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken. 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 1788: Source: Wikipedia
      • January 1 » First edition of The Times of London, previously The Daily Universal Register, is published.
      • January 2 » Georgia becomes the fourth state to ratify the United States Constitution.
      • March 21 » A fire in New Orleans leaves most of the town in ruins.
      • June 21 » New Hampshire becomes the ninth state to ratify the Constitution of the United States.
      • July 26 » New York ratifies the United States Constitution and becomes the 11th state of the United States.
      • December 22 » Nguyễn Huệ proclaims himself Emperor Quang Trung, in effect abolishing on his own the Lê dynasty.

    Day of death October 29, 1824

    • The temperature on October 29, 1824 was about 8.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east. Weather type: betrokken regen. 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 1824: Source: Wikipedia
      • March 5 » First Anglo-Burmese War: The British officially declare war on Burma.
      • March 17 » The Anglo-Dutch Treaty is signed in London, dividing the Malay archipelago. As a result, the Malay Peninsula is dominated by the British, while Sumatra and Java and surrounding areas are dominated by the Dutch.
      • August 5 » Greek War of Independence: Constantine Kanaris leads a Greek fleet to victory against Ottoman and Egyptian naval forces in the Battle of Samos.
      • October 9 » Slavery in Latin America: Slavery is abolished in Costa Rica.
      • December 1 » United States presidential election: Since no candidate received a majority of the total electoral college votes in the election, the United States House of Representatives is given the task of deciding the winner in accordance with the Twelfth Amendment to the United States Constitution.
      • December 9 » Patriot forces led by General Antonio José de Sucre defeat a Royalist army in the Battle of Ayacucho, putting an end to the Peruvian War of Independence.
    

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