Kennedy Family Tree » Joseph Caldwell (1839-1917)
Personal data Joseph Caldwell
Sources 1, 2, 3, 4- He was born on December 22, 1839 in Riccarton, Ayrshire, Scotland.Source 2
- He died on February 12, 1917 in Kilmarnock, East Ayrshire, Scotland, he was 77 years old.Sources 1, 2
- He is buried in Kilmarnock, East Ayrshire, Scotland.Source 2
- A child of Matthew Caldwell and Helen Walker
Household of Joseph Caldwell
He is married to Janet Wilson.
They got married on March 29, 1867 at Riccarton, Ayrshire, Scotland, he was 27 years old.Source 4
Child(ren):
- Matthew Caldwell 1868-????
- Jean Caldwell 1879-1958
Timeline Joseph Caldwell
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Sources
- Scotland, National Probate Index (Calendar of Confirmations and Inventories), 1876-1936, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
- Global, Find A Grave Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current, Ancestry.com
- Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950, Ancestry.com
- Scotland, Select Marriages, 1561-1910, Ancestry.com
Historical events
Birthday December 22, 1839
- The temperature on December 22, 1839 was about 11.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west-southwest. Weather type: betrokken regen. 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 1839: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 2.9 million citizens.
- January 9 » The French Academy of Sciences announces the Daguerreotype photography process.
- March 26 » The first Henley Royal Regatta is held.
- June 17 » In the Kingdom of Hawaii, Kamehameha III issues the edict of toleration which gives Roman Catholics the freedom to worship in the Hawaiian Islands. The Hawaii Catholic Church and the Cathedral of Our Lady of Peace are established as a result.
- July 2 » Twenty miles off the coast of Cuba, 53 kidnapped Africans led by Joseph Cinqué mutiny and take over the slave ship Amistad.
- July 3 » The first state normal school in the United States, the forerunner to today's Framingham State University, opens in Lexington, Massachusetts with three students.
- August 23 » The United Kingdom captures Hong Kong as a base as it prepares for the First Opium War with Qing China.
Day of marriage March 29, 1867
- The temperature on March 29, 1867 was about 11.3 °C. The air pressure was 12 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 53%. 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 8 » African American men are granted the right to vote in Washington, D.C.
- May 29 » The Austro-Hungarian Compromise of 1867 ("the Compromise") is born through Act 12, which establishes the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
- September 2 » Mutsuhito, Emperor Meiji of Japan, marries Masako Ichijō, thereafter known as Empress Shōken.
- October 18 » United States takes possession of Alaska after purchasing it from Russia for $7.2million. Celebrated annually in the state as Alaska Day.
- November 9 » Tokugawa shogunate hands power back to the Emperor of Japan, starting the Meiji Restoration.
- December 4 » Former Minnesota farmer Oliver Hudson Kelley founds the Order of the Patrons of Husbandry (better known today as the Grange).
Day of death February 12, 1917
- The temperature on February 12, 1917 was between -0.2 °C and 2.9 °C and averaged 1.1 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north. 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 August 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
- In the year 1917: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 6.5 million citizens.
- February 3 » First World War: The American entry into World War I begins when diplomatic relations with Germany are severed due to its unrestricted submarine warfare.
- April 6 » World War I: The United States declares war on Germany (see President Woodrow Wilson's address to Congress).
- July 6 » World War I: Arabian troops led by T. E. Lawrence ("Lawrence of Arabia") and Auda ibu Tayi capture Aqaba from the Ottoman Empire during the Arab Revolt.
- July 20 » World War I: The Corfu Declaration, which leads to the creation of the post-war Kingdom of Yugoslavia, is signed by the Yugoslav Committee and Kingdom of Serbia.
- July 25 » Sir Robert Borden introduces the first income tax in Canada as a "temporary" measure (lowest bracket is 4% and highest is 25%).
- October 25 » Old Style date of the October Revolution in Russia.
Same birth/death day
- 1839 » John Nevil Maskelyne, English magician († 1917)
- 1850 » Victoriano Huerta, Mexican general and politician, 35th President of Mexico († 1916)
- 1853 » Evgraf Fedorov, Russian mathematician, crystallographer, and mineralogist († 1919)
- 1853 » Sarada Devi, Indian mystic and philosopher († 1920)
- 1853 » Teresa Carreño, Venezuelan-American singer-songwriter and pianist († 1917)
- 1856 » Frank B. Kellogg, American lawyer and politician, 45th United States Secretary of State, Nobel Prize laureate († 1937)
- 1912 » Gerhard Armauer Hansen, Norwegian physician (b. 1841)
- 1915 » Émile Waldteufel, French pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1837)
- 1916 » Richard Dedekind, German mathematician, philosopher, and academic (b. 1831)
- 1929 » Lillie Langtry, English singer and actress (b. 1853)
- 1931 » Samad bey Mehmandarov, Azerbaijani-Russian general and politician, 3rd Azerbaijani Minister of Defense (b. 1855)
- 1935 » Auguste Escoffier, French chef and author (b. 1846)
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