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Personal data Rebecca Smith 


Household of Rebecca Smith

She has/had a relationship with George Washington RIGGS.


Child(ren):

  1. George Smith Riggs  1826-1905 

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Rebecca Smith

Rebecca Smith
1786-1868


George Washington RIGGS
1777-1864

George Smith Riggs
1826-1905

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Historical events

Birthday July 8, 1786

  • The temperature on July 8, 1786 was about 14.0 °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 1786: Source: Wikipedia
    • May 1 » In Vienna, Austria, Mozart's opera The Marriage of Figaro is performed for the first time.
    • June 25 » Gavriil Pribylov discovers St. George Island of the Pribilof Islands in the Bering Sea.
    • June 29 » Alexander Macdonell and over five hundred Roman Catholic highlanders leave Scotland to settle in Glengarry County, Ontario.
    • August 7 » The first federal Indian Reservation is created by the United States.
    • August 8 » Mont Blanc on the French-Italian border is climbed for the first time by Jacques Balmat and Dr. Michel-Gabriel Paccard.
    • August 29 » Shays' Rebellion, an armed uprising of Massachusetts farmers, begins in response to high debt and tax burdens.

Day of death December 19, 1868

  • The temperature on December 19, 1868 was about 8.3 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 92%. Source: KNMI
  • Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • From June 1, 1866 till June 4, 1868 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt - Heemskerk with the prime ministers Mr. J.P.J.A. graaf Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt (AR) and Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief).
  • From June 4, 1868 till January 4, 1871 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Bosse - Fock with the prime ministers Mr. P.P. van Bosse (liberaal) and Mr. C. Fock (liberaal).
  • In the year 1868: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
    • February 2 » Pro-Imperial forces captured Osaka Castle from the Tokugawa shogunate and burned it to the ground.
    • May 16 » The United States Senate fails to convict President Andrew Johnson by one vote.
    • June 1 » The Treaty of Bosque Redondo is signed, allowing the Navajo to return to their lands in Arizona and New Mexico.
    • June 10 » Mihailo Obrenović III, Prince of Serbia is assassinated.
    • August 18 » French astronomer Pierre Janssen discovers helium.
    • October 7 » Cornell University holds opening day ceremonies; initial student enrollment is 412, the highest at any American university to that date.


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