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Ancestors (and descendant) of Alexander Thompson Grant

John Grant
1716-1792
Margaret Margery Grant Cumming
????-1777

Alexander Thompson Grant
1808-1877


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  1. U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com

Historical events

Birthday February 1, 1808

  • The temperature on February 1, 1808 was about 8.0 °C. Wind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: half bewolkt omtrent helder zwaar zeevlam. 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 1808: Source: Wikipedia
    • January 22 » The Portuguese royal family arrives in Brazil after fleeing the French army's invasion of Portugal two months earlier.
    • June 15 » Joseph Bonaparte becomes King of Spain.
    • July 8 » Joseph Bonaparte approves the Bayonne Statute, a royal charter intended as the basis for his rule as king of Spain.
    • August 21 » Battle of Vimeiro: British and Portuguese forces led by General Arthur Wellesley defeat French force under Major-General Jean-Andoche Junot near the village of Vimeiro, Portugal, the first Anglo-Portuguese victory of the Peninsular War.
    • December 20 » Peninsular War: The Siege of Zaragoza begins.
    • December 20 » The original Garden Theatre in London is destroyed by a fire, along with most of the scenery, costumes and scripts.

Day of death February 26, 1877

  • The temperature on February 26, 1877 was about 6.5 °C. There was 4 mm of rain. The air pressure was 22 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 74 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 97%. 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 August 27, 1874 till November 3, 1877 the Netherlands had a cabinet Heemskerk - Van Lijnden van Sandenburg with the prime ministers Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) and Mr. C.Th. baron Van Lijnden van Sandenburg (AR).
  • In The Netherlands , there was from November 3, 1877 to August 20, 1879 the cabinet Kappeijne van de Coppello, with Mr. J. Kappeijne van de Coppello (liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1877: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
    • March 15 » First ever official cricket test match is played: Australia vs England at the MCG Stadium, in Melbourne, Australia.
    • May 8 » At Gilmore's Gardens in New York City, the first Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show opens.
    • July 9 » The inaugural Wimbledon Championships begins.
    • November 24 » Anna Sewell's animal welfare novel Black Beauty is published.
    • November 29 » Thomas Edison demonstrates his phonograph for the first time.
    • December 10 » Russo-Turkish War: The Russian Army captures Plevna after a 5-month siege. The garrison of 25,000 surviving Turks surrenders. The Russian victory is decisive for the outcome of the war and the Liberation of Bulgaria.


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