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Ancestors (and descendant) of Alexander Henderson Widney

James Widney
1753-1835
Ann Erwin
1754-1806
Anna Widney
1790-1866

Alexander Henderson Widney
1834-1900


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    Historical events

    Birthday July 29, 1834

    • The temperature on July 29, 1834 was about 24.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south east. Weather type: half bewolkt onweer. 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 1834: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 2.9 million citizens.
      • March 6 » York, Upper Canada, is incorporated as Toronto.
      • May 16 » The Battle of Asseiceira is fought, the last and decisive engagement of the Liberal Wars in Portugal.
      • July 7 » In New York City, four nights of rioting against abolitionists began.
      • October 9 » Opening of the Dublin and Kingstown Railway, the first public railway on the island of Ireland.
      • October 28 » The Pinjarra massacre occurs in the Swan River Colony. An estimated 30 Noongar people are killed by British colonists.
      • December 1 » Slavery is abolished in the Cape Colony in accordance with the Slavery Abolition Act 1833.

    Day of death December 24, 1900

    • The temperature on December 24, 1900 was about -1.0 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 100%. 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 27, 1897 to August 1, 1901 the cabinet Pierson, with Mr. N.G. Pierson (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1900: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
      • February 7 » Second Boer War: British troops fail in their third attempt to lift the Siege of Ladysmith.
      • March 24 » Mayor of New York City Robert Anderson Van Wyck breaks ground for a new underground "Rapid Transit Railroad" that would link Manhattan and Brooklyn.
      • May 22 » The Associated Press is formed in New York City as a non-profit news cooperative.
      • June 20 » Baron Eduard Toll, leader of the Russian Polar Expedition of 1900, departs Saint Petersburg in Russia on the explorer ship Zarya, never to return.
      • October 25 » The United Kingdom annexes the Transvaal.
      • November 7 » Second Boer War: Battle of Leliefontein, a battle during which the Royal Canadian Dragoons win three Victoria Crosses.
    

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