Howry Family Tree » Richard Kirby III (1747-1811)
Personal data Richard Kirby III
Source 1- He was born in the year 1747 in South Hampton, Virginia, United States.Sources 2, 3
Attention: Was younger than 16 years (8) when child (Mary Polly Kirby) was born (May 7, 1755). - Alternative: He was born in the year 1748 in South Hampton, Virginia, United States.
- He died on April 30, 1811 in Rockford, Blount, Tennessee, USA, he was 64 years old.Sources 2, 3
- He is buried in Kirby Cemetery-Blount County, Tennessee, Verenigde Staten.Sources 2, 3
- A child of Richard Kirby and Mary Macy
Household of Richard Kirby III
He is married to Sarah Jean Small.
They got married on August 11, 1766 at Surry, North Carolina, Verenigde Staten, he was 19 years old.
Child(ren):
- Mary Polly Kirby 1755-1801
- Joseph L Kirby 1767-1830
- John Franklin Kirby 1769-1831
- Wesley Small Kirby 1774-1775
- Mary "Polly" Kirby 1775-< 1850
- Elizabeth (Betsy) Kirby 1777-1860
- Jean Small Kirby 1782-1854
- JAMES S KIRBY 1786-1835
- RICHARD KIRBY 1788-1859
- Rebecca Kirby ± 1790-1872
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Day of marriage August 11, 1766
- The temperature on August 11, 1766 was about 17.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northwest. Weather type: donker. 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 1766: Source: Wikipedia
- March 5 » Antonio de Ulloa, the first Spanish governor of Louisiana, arrives in New Orleans.
- March 18 » American Revolution: The British Parliament repeals the Stamp Act.
- May 22 » A large earthquake causes heavy damage and loss of life in Istanbul and the Marmara region.
- July 1 » François-Jean de la Barre, a young French nobleman, is tortured and beheaded before his body is burnt on a pyre along with a copy of Voltaire's Dictionnaire philosophique nailed to his torso for the crime of not saluting a Roman Catholic religious procession in Abbeville, France.
- November 10 » The last colonial governor of New Jersey, William Franklin, signs the charter of Queen's College (later renamed Rutgers University).
- December 25 » Mapuches in Chile launch a series of surprise attacks against the Spanish starting the Mapuche uprising of 1766.
Day of death April 30, 1811
- The temperature on April 30, 1811 was about 10.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west-southwest. Weather type: half bewolkt omtrent betrokken 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 1811: Source: Wikipedia
- March 5 » Peninsular War: A French force under the command of Marshal Victor is routed while trying to prevent an Anglo-Spanish-Portuguese army from lifting the Siege of Cádiz in the Battle of Barrosa.
- March 9 » Paraguayan forces defeat Manuel Belgrano at the Battle of Tacuarí.
- March 11 » During André Masséna's retreat from the Lines of Torres Vedras, a division led by French Marshal Michel Ney fights off a combined Anglo-Portuguese force to give Masséna time to escape.
- March 12 » Peninsular War: A day after a successful rearguard action, French Marshal Michel Ney once again successfully delays the pursuing Anglo-Portuguese force at the Battle of Redinha.
- June 16 » Survivors of an attack the previous day by Tla-o-qui-aht on board the Pacific Fur Company's ship Tonquin, intentionally detonate a powder magazine on the ship, destroying it and killing about 100attackers.
- July 30 » Father Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla, leader of the Mexican insurgency, is executed by the Spanish in Chihuahua City, Mexico.
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- 1792 » John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich, English politician, Secretary of State for the Northern Department (b. 1718)
- 1795 » Jean-Jacques Barthélemy, French archaeologist and author (b. 1716)
- 1806 » Onogawa Kisaburō, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 5th Yokozuna (b. 1758)
- 1841 » Peter Andreas Heiberg, Danish philologist and author (b. 1758)
- 1847 » Charles, Austrian commander and duke of Teschen (b. 1771)
- 1863 » Jean Danjou, French captain (b. 1828)
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