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Household of Benjamin Sumner Welles Jr

He is married to Frances Wyeth Swan.

They got married on October 27, 1886 at Manhattan, New York, USA, he was 29 years old.


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  2. Benjamin Sumner Welles  1892-1961 

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Benjamin Sumner Welles

Abraham Schermerhorn
1783-1850
Helen Schermerhorn
1792-1881

Benjamin Sumner Welles
1857-1935

1886

Frances Wyeth Swan
1864-1911

Emily Frances Welles
1888-1962
Benjamin Sumner Welles
1892-1961

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    Birthday January 11, 1857

    • The temperature on January 11, 1857 was about 1.3 °C. There was 4 mm of rain. The air pressure was 7.5 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south east. The atmospheric humidity was 96%. Source: KNMI
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      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 Netherlands , there was from July 1, 1856 to March 18, 1858 the cabinet Van der Brugghen, with Mr. J.L.L. van der Brugghen (protestant) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1857: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 3.3 million citizens.
      • March 6 » The Supreme Court of the United States rules in the Dred Scott v. Sandford case.
      • April 18 » "The Spirits Book" by Allan Kardec is published, marking the birth of Spiritualism in France.
      • July 27 » Indian Rebellion: Sixty-eight men hold out for eight days against a force of 2,500 to 3,000 mutinying sepoys and 8,000 irregular forces.
      • August 24 » The Panic of 1857 begins, setting off one of the most severe economic crises in United States history.
      • September 20 » The Indian Rebellion of 1857 ends with the recapture of Delhi by troops loyal to the East India Company.
      • November 16 » Second relief of Lucknow: Twenty-four Victoria Crosses are awarded, the most in a single day.

    Day of marriage October 27, 1886

    • The temperature on October 27, 1886 was about 9.0 °C. The air pressure was 26 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the east-southeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 64%. 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 April 23, 1884 to April 21, 1888 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1886: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
      • January 29 » Karl Benz patents the first successful gasoline-driven automobile.
      • May 8 » Pharmacist John Pemberton first sells a carbonated beverage named "Coca-Cola" as a patent medicine.
      • June 10 » Mount Tarawera in New Zealand erupts, killing 153 people and burying the famous Pink and White Terraces. Eruptions continue for three months creating a large, 17km long fissure across the mountain peak.
      • September 4 » American Indian Wars: After almost 30 years of fighting, Apache leader Geronimo, with his remaining warriors, surrenders to General Nelson Miles in Arizona.
      • October 28 » President Cleveland dedicates the Statue of Liberty.
      • November 14 » Friedrich Soennecken first developed the hole puncher, a type of office tool capable of punching small holes in paper.

    Day of death December 26, 1935

    • The temperature on December 26, 1935 was between 3.6 °C and 9.9 °C and averaged 6.9 °C. There was 1.9 mm of rain during 2.3 hours. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. 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 May 26, 1933 to July 31, 1935 the cabinet Colijn II, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
    • In The Netherlands , there was from July 31, 1935 to June 24, 1937 the cabinet Colijn III, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1935: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 8.4 million citizens.
      • January 11 » Amelia Earhart becomes the first person to fly solo from Hawaii to California.
      • May 24 » The first night game in Major League Baseball history is played in Cincinnati, Ohio, with the Cincinnati Reds beating the Philadelphia Phillies 2–1 at Crosley Field.
      • May 27 » New Deal: The Supreme Court of the United States declares the National Industrial Recovery Act to be unconstitutional in A.L.A. Schechter Poultry Corp. v. United States, (295 U.S. 495).
      • May 29 » First flight of the Messerschmitt Bf 109 fighter aeroplane.
      • December 9 » Student protests in Beiping (now Beijing)'s Tiananmen Square, dispersed by government.
      • December 12 » Lebensborn Project, a Nazi reproduction program, is founded by Heinrich Himmler.
    

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