Km&be » Donald McCosham (1776-1864)
Personal data Donald McCosham
Source 1- He was born on July 30, 1776 in Inveraray, Argyll.
Attention: Age at marriage (??-??-1789) below 16 years (13). Attention: Was younger than 16 years (14) when child (John Roderick MacCosham) was born (??-??-1790). - He died on July 24, 1864, he was 87 years old.
- A child of John McCoshun and Katherine Ferguson
Household of Donald McCosham
He is married to Marion Morrison.
They got married in the year 1789 at Scotland, he was 12 years old.
Child(ren):
- Angus McCosham 1792-????
- Duncan McCoshun 1796-1863
- Janette McCoshun 1798-1882
- Margaret MacCosham 1805-????
Timeline Donald McCosham
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Historical events
Birthday July 30, 1776
- The temperature on July 30, 1776 was about 20.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west-northwest. Weather type: omtrent helder. 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 1776: Source: Wikipedia
- January 1 » American Revolutionary War: Norfolk, Virginia is burned by combined Royal Navy and Continental Army action.
- January 1 » General George Washington hoists the first United States flag; the Grand Union Flag at Prospect Hill.
- March 17 » American Revolution: The British Army evacuates Boston, ending the Siege of Boston, after George Washington and Henry Knox place artillery in positions overlooking the city.
- April 12 » American Revolution: With the Halifax Resolves, the North Carolina Provincial Congress authorizes its Congressional delegation to vote for independence from Britain.
- May 4 » Rhode Island becomes the first American colony to renounce allegiance to King George III.
- October 11 » American Revolution: A fleet of American boats on Lake Champlain is defeated by the Royal Navy, but delays the British advance until 1777.
Day of death July 24, 1864
- The temperature on July 24, 1864 was about 22.0 °C. The air pressure was 5 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 60%. Source: KNMI
- Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
- In The Netherlands , there was from February 1, 1862 to February 10, 1866 the cabinet Thorbecke II, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
- In the year 1864: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
- February 27 » American Civil War: The first Northern prisoners arrive at the Confederate prison at Andersonville, Georgia.
- April 25 » American Civil War: The Battle of Marks' Mills.
- June 3 » American Civil War: Battle of Cold Harbor: Union forces attack Confederate troops in Hanover County, Virginia.
- July 30 » American Civil War: Battle of the Crater: Union forces attempt to break Confederate lines at Petersburg, Virginia by exploding a large bomb under their trenches.
- August 10 » After Uruguay's governing Blanco Party refuses Brazil's demands, José Antônio Saraiva announces that the Brazilian military will begin reprisals, beginning the Uruguayan War.
- November 29 » American Indian Wars: Sand Creek massacre: Colorado volunteers led by Colonel John Chivington massacre at least 150 Cheyenne and Arapaho noncombatants inside Colorado Territory.
Same birth/death day
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- 1818 » Jan Heemskerk, Dutch lawyer and politician, 16th and 19th Prime Minister of the Netherlands († 1897)
- 1825 » Chaim Aronson, Lithuanian engineer and author († 1893)
- 1862 » Martin Van Buren, American lawyer and politician, 8th President of the United States (b. 1782)
- 1891 » Hermann Raster, German-American journalist and politician (b. 1827)
- 1908 » Vicente Acosta, Salvadoran journalist and poet (b. 1867)
- 1910 » Arkhip Kuindzhi, Ukrainian-Russian painter (b. 1841)
- 1927 » Ryūnosuke Akutagawa, Japanese author (b. 1892)
- 1957 » Sacha Guitry, French actor and director (b. 1885)
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