Kelley Tree » William Sheaffer (1809-1872)
Personal data William Sheaffer
Source 1- He was born on October 2, 1809 in York, Pennsylvania, United States.
- He died on June 6, 1872 in Perry, Pennsylvania, United States, he was 62 years old.
- A child of John Sheaffer and Elizabeth Ann Gibboney
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Birthday October 2, 1809
- The temperature on October 2, 1809 was about 15.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south-southwest. Weather type: half bewolkt. 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 1809: Source: Wikipedia
- January 6 » Combined British, Portuguese and colonial Brazilian forces begin the Invasion of Cayenne during the Napoleonic Wars.
- February 27 » Action of 27 February 1809: Captain Bernard Dubourdieu captures HMS Proserpine.
- April 20 » Two Austrian army corps in Bavaria are defeated by a First French Empire army led by Napoleon at the Battle of Abensberg on the second day of a four-day campaign that ended in a French victory.
- April 21 » Two Austrian army corps are driven from Landshut by a First French Empire army led by Napoleon as two French corps to the north hold off the main Austrian army on the first day of the Battle of Eckmühl.
- May 17 » Emperor Napoleon I orders the annexation of the Papal States to the French Empire.
- July 16 » The city of La Paz, in what is today Bolivia, declares its independence from the Spanish Crown during the La Paz revolution and forms the Junta Tuitiva, the first independent government in Spanish America, led by Pedro Domingo Murillo.
Day of death June 6, 1872
- The temperature on June 6, 1872 was about 20.7 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-northwest. The atmospheric humidity was 67%. 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 January 4, 1871 to July 6, 1872 the cabinet Thorbecke III, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
- From July 6, 1872 till August 27, 1874 the Netherlands had a cabinet De Vries - Fransen van de Putte with the prime ministers Mr. G. de Vries Azn. (liberaal) and I.D. Fransen van de Putte (liberaal).
- In the year 1872: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
- February 20 » The Metropolitan Museum of Art opens in New York City.
- March 5 » George Westinghouse patents the air brake.
- May 10 » Victoria Woodhull becomes the first woman nominated for President of the United States.
- June 14 » Trade unions are legalized in Canada.
- December 4 » The crewless American brigantine Mary Celeste, drifting in the Atlantic, is discovered by the Canadian brig Dei Gratia. The ship has been abandoned for nine days but is only slightly damaged. Her master Benjamin Briggs and all nine others known to have been on board are never accounted for.
- December 21 » Challenger expedition: HMSChallenger, commanded by Captain George Nares, sails from Portsmouth, England.
Same birth/death day
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- 1821 » Alexander P. Stewart, American general († 1908)
- 1824 » Henry C. Lord, American businessman († 1884)
- 1828 » Charles Floquet, French lawyer and politician, 55th Prime Minister of France († 1896)
- 1861 » Camillo Benso, Count of Cavour, Italian politician, 1st Prime Minister of Italy (b. 1810)
- 1862 » Turner Ashby, American colonel (b. 1828)
- 1865 » William Quantrill, American captain (b. 1837)
- 1878 » Robert Stirling, Scottish minister and engineer, invented the stirling engine (b. 1790)
- 1881 » Henri Vieuxtemps, Belgian violinist and composer (b. 1820)
- 1883 » Ciprian Porumbescu, Romanian composer and poet (b. 1853)
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Gary Kelley, "Kelley Tree", database, Genealogy Online (https://www.genealogieonline.nl/kelley-tree/P917.php : accessed December 30, 2025), "William Sheaffer (1809-1872)".