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Personal data Alfred Henry BRIGGS 

  • He was born on February 23, 1867 in Longford, Tasmania, Australia.
  • He died on January 7, 1921 in Longford, Tasmania, Australia, he was 53 years old.
  • He is buried January 1921 in Christ Church, Longford, Tasmania, Australia.
  • A child of Isaiah BRIGGS and Maria Louisa MANN
  • This information was last updated on April 6, 2015.

Household of Alfred Henry BRIGGS

He is married to Ada Sophia PITT.

They got married on December 18, 1889 at Longford, Tasmania, Australia, he was 22 years old.


Child(ren):

  1. Phillis Ada BRIGGS  1890-1981 
  2. Stella Eliza BRIGGS  1892-1980
  3. Ida Grace BRIGGS  1893-1973
  4. Guy Alfred BRIGGS  1894-1915
  6. Olive Florence BRIGGS  1896-1978 
  7. Edgar Charles BRIGGS  1898-1985 
  8. Ivan Roy BRIGGS  1899-1967 
  11. Edith Maria BRIGGS  1904-1992
  12. Garth Henry BRIGGS  1906-1949 

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Historical events

Birthday February 23, 1867

  • The temperature on February 23, 1867 was about 8.8 °C. The air pressure was 13 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the northwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 74%. 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 June 1, 1866 till June 4, 1868 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt - Heemskerk with the prime ministers Mr. J.P.J.A. graaf Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt (AR) and Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief).
  • In the year 1867: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
    • January 15 » Forty people die when ice covering the boating lake at Regent's Park, London, collapses.
    • March 1 » Nebraska becomes the 37th U.S. state; Lancaster, Nebraska is renamed Lincoln and becomes the state capital.
    • April 1 » Singapore becomes a British crown colony.
    • June 19 » Maximilian I of the Second Mexican Empire is executed by a firing squad in Querétaro, Querétaro.
    • September 28 » Toronto becomes the capital of Ontario, having also been the capital of Ontario's predecessors since 1796.
    • November 9 » Tokugawa shogunate hands power back to the Emperor of Japan, starting the Meiji Restoration.

Day of marriage December 18, 1889

  • The temperature on December 18, 1889 was about 2.9 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 12 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 100%. Source: KNMI
  • Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from April 21, 1888 to August 21, 1891 the cabinet Mackay, with Mr. A. baron Mackay (AR) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1889: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
    • January 22 » Columbia Phonograph is formed in Washington, D.C.
    • February 9 » US president Grover Cleveland signs a bill elevating the United States Department of Agriculture to a Cabinet-level agency.
    • February 11 » Meiji Constitution of Japan is adopted.
    • March 31 » The Eiffel Tower is officially opened.
    • May 11 » An attack upon a U.S. Army paymaster and escort results in the theft of over $28,000 and the award of two Medals of Honor.
    • November 15 » Brazil is declared a republic by Marshal Deodoro da Fonseca as Emperor Pedro II is deposed in a military coup.

Day of death January 7, 1921

  • The temperature on January 7, 1921 was between 5.8 °C and 8.1 °C and averaged 6.9 °C. There was 1.7 mm of rain. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-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 September 9, 1918 to September 18, 1922 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck I, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1921: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 6.9 million citizens.
    • January 12 » Acting to restore confidence in baseball after the Black Sox Scandal, Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis is elected as Major League Baseball's first commissioner.
    • February 25 » Georgian capital Tbilisi falls to the invading Russian forces after heavy fighting and the Russians declare the Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic.
    • March 18 » The Kronstadt rebellion is suppressed by the Red Army.
    • March 18 » The second Peace of Riga is signed between Poland and the Soviet Union.
    • September 5 » Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle party in San Francisco ends with the death of the young actress Virginia Rappe: One of the first scandals of the Hollywood community.
    • November 4 » Japanese Prime Minister Hara Takashi is assassinated in Tokyo.


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