Olson's Tree » William Cyrus Ranney (1847-1937)
Personal data William Cyrus Ranney
Source 1- He was born on October 29, 1847 in Weedsport, Cayuga, New York.
- He died on September 9, 1937 in Elbridge, Onondaga County, New York, he was 89 years old.
- A child of Luke Ranney and Rebecca Lyon
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Birthday October 29, 1847
- The temperature on October 29, 1847 was about 13.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south. Weather type: half bewolkt. 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 1847: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 3.1 million citizens.
- January 6 » Samuel Colt obtains his first contract for the sale of revolver pistols to the United States government.
- February 22 » Mexican–American War: The Battle of Buena Vista: Five thousand American troops defeat 15,000 Mexican troops.
- March 9 » Mexican–American War: The first large-scale amphibious assault in U.S. history is launched in the Siege of Veracruz.
- September 13 » Mexican–American War: Six teenage military cadets known as Niños Héroes die defending Chapultepec Castle in the Battle of Chapultepec. American troops under General Winfield Scott capture Mexico City in the Mexican–American War.
- November 4 » Sir James Young Simpson, a Scottish physician, discovers the anaesthetic properties of chloroform.
- November 10 » The passenger ship Stephen Whitney is wrecked in thick fog off the southern coast of Ireland, killing 92 of the 110 on board. The disaster results in the construction of the Fastnet Rock lighthouse.
Day of death September 9, 1937
- The temperature on September 9, 1937 was between 6.5 °C and 16.2 °C and averaged 11.9 °C. There was 2.6 mm of rain during 2.3 hours. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. 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 July 31, 1935 to June 24, 1937 the cabinet Colijn III, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
- In The Netherlands , there was from June 24, 1937 to July 25, 1939 the cabinet Colijn IV, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
- In the year 1937: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 8.6 million citizens.
- January 15 » Spanish Civil War: Nationalists and Republican both withdraw after suffering heavy losses, ending the Second Battle of the Corunna Road.
- June 11 » Great Purge: The Soviet Union under Joseph Stalin executes eight army leaders.
- June 15 » A German expedition led by Karl Wien loses sixteen members in an avalanche on Nanga Parbat. It is the worst single disaster to occur on an 8000m peak.
- July 7 » The Marco Polo Bridge Incident provides the Imperial Japanese Army with a pretext for starting the Second Sino-Japanese War.
- August 24 » Spanish Civil War: Sovereign Council of Asturias and León is proclaimed in Gijón.
- October 11 » The Duke and Duchess of Windsor tour Nazi Germany for 12 days and meet Adolf Hitler on the 22nd.
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- 1837 » Harriet Powers, American folk artist and quilter († 1910)
- 1855 » Paul Bruchési, Canadian archbishop († 1939)
- 1856 » Jacques Curie, French physicist and academic († 1941)
- 1861 » Andrei Ryabushkin, Russian painter († 1904)
- 1934 » Roger Fry, English painter and critic (b. 1866)
- 1941 » Hans Spemann, German embryologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1869)
- 1943 » Carlo Bergamini, Italian admiral (b. 1888)
- 1943 » Charles McLean Andrews, American historian, author, and academic (b. 1863)
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- 1950 » Victor Hémery, French racing driver (b. 1876)
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Charles Olson, "Olson's Tree", database, Genealogy Online (https://www.genealogieonline.nl/olsons-tree/P11913.php : accessed January 11, 2026), "William Cyrus Ranney (1847-1937)".