Moreland tree » Elizabeth Burcham (1772-1847)
Personal data Elizabeth Burcham
- She was born on February 10, 1772 in Westfield, Surry, North Carolina, United States.
- She died on August 21, 1847 in Hendricks, Indiana, United States, she was 75 years old.
Age: 75
- She is buried in Friendswood, Hendricks County, Indiana, USA.
- A child of John Henry Burcham and Roseanna VanSwearingen
Household of Elizabeth Burcham
She is married to Joseph Ballard.
They got married.
Child(ren):
- John Ballard 1793-1846
- David Ballard 1802-1877
- Susannah Ballard 1804-1839
- Joel Ballard 1806-1876
- Julia Ann Ballard 1811-1871
- Asa Ballard 1814-1883
- Almeida Ballard 1815-1902
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Birthday February 10, 1772
- The temperature on February 10, 1772 was about 2.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south-southwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken. Special wheather fenomena: ijs. Source: KNMI
- Erfstadhouder Prins Willem V (Willem Batavus) (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1751 till 1795 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
- In the year 1772: Source: Wikipedia
- January 1 » The first traveler's cheques, which could be used in 90 European cities, were issued by the London Credit Exchange Company.
- June 9 » The British schooner Gaspee is burned in Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island.
- June 12 » French explorer Marc-Joseph Marion du Fresne and 25 of his men killed by Māori in New Zealand.
- August 19 » Gustav III of Sweden stages a coup d'état, in which he assumes power and enacts a new constitution that divides power between the Riksdag and the King.
- August 21 » King Gustav III completes his coup d'état by adopting a new Constitution, ending half a century of parliamentary rule in Sweden and installing himself as an enlightened despot.
- September 1 » The Mission San Luis Obispo de Tolosa is founded in San Luis Obispo, California.
Day of death August 21, 1847
- The temperature on August 21, 1847 was about 22.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northwest. Weather type: helder. 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 1847: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 3.1 million citizens.
- January 16 » John C. Frémont is appointed Governor of the new California Territory.
- January 30 » Yerba Buena, California is renamed San Francisco, California.
- February 28 » The Battle of the Sacramento River during the Mexican–American War is a decisive victory for the United States leading to the capture of Chihuahua.
- March 9 » Mexican–American War: The first large-scale amphibious assault in U.S. history is launched in the Siege of Veracruz.
- July 26 » Liberia declares its independence.
- September 6 » Henry David Thoreau leaves Walden Pond and moves in with Ralph Waldo Emerson and his family in Concord, Massachusetts.
Same birth/death day
- 1744 » William Cornwallis, English admiral and politician († 1819)
- 1766 » Benjamin Smith Barton, American botanist and physician († 1815)
- 1775 » Charles Lamb, English poet and essayist († 1834)
- 1785 » Claude-Louis Navier, French physicist and engineer († 1836)
- 1795 » Ary Scheffer, Dutch-French painter and academic († 1858)
- 1797 » George Chichester, 3rd Marquess of Donegall († 1883)
- 1835 » John MacCulloch, Scottish geologist and academic (b. 1773)
- 1836 » Claude-Louis Navier, French physicist and engineer (b. 1785)
- 1838 » Adelbert von Chamisso, German botanist and poet (b. 1781)
- 1853 » Charles Tristan, marquis de Montholon, French general (b. 1783)
- 1854 » Thomas Clayton, American lawyer and politician (b. 1777)
- 1867 » Juan Álvarez, Mexican general and president (1855) (b. 1790)
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