Olson's Tree » William Henry Crosby Sr. (1808-1892)
Personal data William Henry Crosby Sr.
Source 1- Alternative name: William Henry Crosby
- He was born on June 28, 1808 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, New York, USA.
- Alternative: He was born on June 28, 1808 in New York, New York County (Manhattan), New York, United States of America.
- He died on May 21, 1892 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, New York, USA, he was 83 years old.
- Alternative: He died on May 21, 1892 in New York, United States of America, he was 83 years old.
- A child of William Bedlow Crosby and Harriet Ashton Clarkson
Household of William Henry Crosby Sr.
He had a relationship with Josepha Matilda Neilson.
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Birthday June 28, 1808
- The temperature on June 28, 1808 was about 14.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north-northwest. Weather type: betrokken regen. 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 1808: Source: Wikipedia
- January 1 » The United States bans the importation of slaves.
- February 21 » Without a previous declaration of war, Russian troops cross the border to Sweden at Abborfors in eastern Finland, thus beginning the Finnish War, in which Sweden will lose the eastern half of the country (i.e. Finland) to Russia.
- August 21 » Battle of Vimeiro: British and Portuguese forces led by General Arthur Wellesley defeat French force under Major-General Jean-Andoche Junot near the village of Vimeiro, Portugal, the first Anglo-Portuguese victory of the Peninsular War.
- October 14 » The Republic of Ragusa is annexed by France.
- November 23 » French and Poles defeat the Spanish at Battle of Tudela.
- December 20 » Peninsular War: The Siege of Zaragoza begins.
Day of death May 21, 1892
- The temperature on May 21, 1892 was about 8.5 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 75%. Source: KNMI
- Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
- Regentes Emma (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1898 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
- In The Netherlands , there was from August 21, 1891 to May 9, 1894 the cabinet Van Tienhoven, with Mr. G. van Tienhoven (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
- In the year 1892: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
- January 1 » Ellis Island begins processing immigrants into the United States.
- May 28 » In San Francisco, John Muir organizes the Sierra Club.
- July 8 » St. John's, Newfoundland is devastated in the Great Fire of 1892.
- September 8 » The Pledge of Allegiance is first recited.
- September 9 » Amalthea, third moon of Jupiter is discovered by Edward Emerson Barnard.
- September 28 » The first night game for American football takes place in a contest between Wyoming Seminary and Mansfield State Normal.
Same birth/death day
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- 1894 » Émile Henry, French anarchist (b. 1872)
- 1894 » August Kundt, German physicist and academic (b. 1839)
- 1895 » Franz von Suppé, Austrian composer and conductor (b. 1819)
- 1901 » Joseph Olivier, French rugby player (b. 1874)
- 1911 » Williamina Fleming, Scottish-American astronomer and academic (b. 1857)
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Charles Olson, "Olson's Tree", database, Genealogy Online (https://www.genealogieonline.nl/olsons-tree/P12403.php : accessed January 3, 2026), "William Henry Crosby Sr. (1808-1892)".