Moreland tree » Joshua Compton (1778-1802)
Personal data Joshua Compton
Source 1- He was born on May 30, 1778 in Bush River, Newberry, South Carolina, United States.
- (Marriage) on January 24, 1799 in Bush River MM, Newberry, South Carolina, United States.
- He died on February 15, 1802 in Cane Creek, Union, South Carolina, he was 23 years old.
- A child of Samuel Compton and Elizabeth Lewis
Household of Joshua Compton
Notes about Joshua Compton
SC MARRIAGES 1688-1799 Brent Holcombe Compton, Joshua, son of Samuel and Elizabeth, & Rebekah Hawkins, 24 Jan 1799. from Cane Creek Meeting Minutes (Quaker)
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- Torrey Web Site (FamilySearch), Robert Willis Torrey, Joshua Compton, May 31, 2018
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Historical events
Birthday May 30, 1778
- The temperature on May 30, 1778 was about 12.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken. 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 1778: Source: Wikipedia
- February 5 » South Carolina becomes the second state to ratify the Articles of Confederation.
- February 6 » New York became the third state to ratify the Articles of Confederation.
- May 12 » Heinrich XI, count of the Principality of Reuss-Greiz, is elevated to Prince by Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor.
- November 26 » In the Hawaiian Islands, Captain James Cook becomes the first European to visit Maui.
- December 15 » American Revolutionary War: British and French fleets clash in the Battle of St. Lucia.
- December 29 » American Revolutionary War: Three thousand British soldiers under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Archibald Campbell capture Savannah, Georgia.
Day of death February 15, 1802
- The temperature on February 15, 1802 was about 2.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northeast. Weather type: zeer 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 1802: Source: Wikipedia
- April 21 » Twelve thousand Wahhabis under Abdul-Aziz bin Muhammad, invaded city of Karbala, killed over three thousand inhabitants, and sacked the city.
- May 19 » Napoleon Bonaparte founds the Legion of Honour.
- July 4 » At West Point, New York, the United States Military Academy opens.
- July 22 » Emperor Gia Long conquers Hanoi and unified Viet Nam, which had experienced centuries of feudal warfare.
- September 3 » William Wordsworth composes the sonnet "Composed upon Westminster Bridge, September 3, 1802".
- September 11 » France annexes the Kingdom of Piedmont.
Same birth/death day
- 1757 » Henry Addington, 1st Viscount Sidmouth, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom († 1844)
- 1768 » Étienne Marie Antoine Champion de Nansouty, French general († 1815)
- 1797 » Georg Amadeus Carl Friedrich Naumann, German mineralogist and geologist († 1873)
- 1800 » Henri-Marie-Gaston Boisnormand de Bonnechose, French cardinal († 1883)
- 1814 » Eugène Charles Catalan, Belgian-French mathematician and academic († 1894)
- 1814 » Mikhail Bakunin, Russian philosopher and theorist († 1876)
- 1781 » Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, German philosopher, author, and critic (b. 1729)
- 1818 » Frederick Louis, Prince of Hohenlohe-Ingelfingen (b. 1746)
- 1835 » Henry Hunt, English farmer and politician (b. 1773)
- 1839 » François-Marie-Thomas Chevalier de Lorimier, Canadian rebel (b. 1803)
- 1842 » Archibald Menzies, Scottish surgeon and botanist (b. 1754)
- 1844 » Henry Addington, 1st Viscount Sidmouth, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1757)
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