Moreland tree » Jonathan Edwards (1806-1894)
Personal data Jonathan Edwards
Source 1- He was born on December 18, 1806 in Ashe Co, NC.
- He died on July 5, 1894 in Yamhill, Yamhill, Oregon, United States, he was 87 years old.
- He is buried in Crawfordsville, Linn County, Oregon, USA.
- A child of William Edwards and Nancy Carter
Household of Jonathan Edwards
He is married to Jane Jennie Higgins.
They got married.
Child(ren):
- Jane Edwards 1829-1833
- Sarah Elizabeth Edwards 1832-1908
- Rosamond Edwards 1839-1891
- Mary Ann Edwards 1844-1932
Notes about Jonathan Edwards
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Historical events
Birthday December 18, 1806
- The temperature on December 18, 1806 was about 10.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south-southwest. Weather type: betrokken. 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 1806: Source: Wikipedia
- January 30 » The original Lower Trenton Bridge (also called the Trenton Makes the World Takes Bridge), which spans the Delaware River between Morrisville, Pennsylvania and Trenton, New Jersey, is opened.
- May 30 » Future U.S. President Andrew Jackson kills Charles Dickinson in a duel.
- July 15 » Pike Expedition: United States Army Lieutenant Zebulon Pike begins an expedition from Fort Bellefontaine near St. Louis, Missouri, to explore the west.
- July 18 » A gunpowder magazine explosion in Birgu, Malta, kills around 200 people.
- September 2 » A massive landslide destroys the town of Goldau, Switzerland, killing 457.
- September 23 » Lewis and Clark return to St. Louis after exploring the Pacific Northwest of the United States.
Day of death July 5, 1894
- The temperature on July 5, 1894 was about 19.5 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 65%. Source: KNMI
- Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
- Regentes Emma (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1898 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
- In The Netherlands , there was from August 21, 1891 to May 9, 1894 the cabinet Van Tienhoven, with Mr. G. van Tienhoven (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
- In The Netherlands , there was from May 9, 1894 to July 27, 1897 the cabinet Roëll, with Jonkheer mr. J. Roëll (oud-liberaal) as prime minister.
- In the year 1894: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
- January 9 » New England Telephone and Telegraph installs the first battery-operated telephone switchboard in Lexington, Massachusetts.
- March 22 » The first playoff game for the Stanley Cup starts.
- March 25 » Coxey's Army, the first significant American protest march, departs Massillon, Ohio for Washington, D.C.
- April 14 » The first ever commercial motion picture house opened in New York City using ten Kinetoscopes, a device for peep-show viewing of films.
- August 25 » Kitasato Shibasaburō discovers the infectious agent of the bubonic plague and publishes his findings in The Lancet.
- December 22 » The Dreyfus affair begins in France, when Alfred Dreyfus is wrongly convicted of treason.
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- 1835 » Lyman Abbott, American minister, theologian, and author († 1922)
- 1847 » Augusta Holmès, French pianist and composer († 1903)
- 1862 » Heinrich Georg Bronn, German geologist and paleontologist (b. 1800)
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- 1908 » Jonas Lie, Norwegian author, poet, and playwright (b. 1833)
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