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Personal data Professor Josiah Meigs ( 1st Commander 

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Household of Professor Josiah Meigs ( 1st Commander

He is married to Clara Benjamin.

They got married at of CT.

They got married on January 21, 1782 at Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA, he was 24 years old.

They got married on January 21, 1785 at Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States, he was 27 years old.


Child(ren):

  2. Clara Meigs  1784-1853 
  4. Charles Delucena Meigs  1792-1869 
  5. John Benjamin Miegs  1808-1898

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Professor Josiah Meigs ( 1st Commander

Return Meigs
1708-1782

Professor Josiah Meigs ( 1st Commander
1757-1822


Clara Benjamin
1762-1849

US Congressman Henry Meigs ( War of 1812 )
1782-1861
Clara Meigs
1784-1853
Samuel William Meigs
1788-1818
Charles Delucena Meigs
1792-1869
John Benjamin Miegs
1808-1898

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Historical events

Birthday August 21, 1757

  • The temperature on August 21, 1757 was about 14.0 °C. There was 22 mm of rainWind direction mainly north west from. Weather type: regen 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)
  • Regentes Anna (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1751 till 1759 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
  • In the year 1757: Source: Wikipedia
    • January 5 » Louis XV of France survives an assassination attempt by Robert-François Damiens, the last person to be executed in France by drawing and quartering, the traditional and gruesome form of capital punishment used for regicides.
    • January 16 » Forces of the Maratha Empire defeat a 5,000-strong army of the Durrani Empire in the Battle of Narela.
    • March 14 » Admiral Sir John Byng is executed by firing squad aboard HMSMonarch for breach of the Articles of War.
    • May 6 » The end of Konbaung–Hanthawaddy War, and the end of Burmese Civil War (1740–1757).
    • June 23 » Battle of Plassey: Three thousand British troops under Robert Clive defeat a 50,000-strong Indian army under Siraj ud-Daulah at Plassey.
    • December 5 » Seven Years' War: Battle of Leuthen: Frederick II of Prussia leads Prussian forces to a decisive victory over Austrian forces under Prince Charles Alexander of Lorraine.

Day of death September 4, 1822

  • The temperature on September 4, 1822 was about 16.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west-northwest. Weather type: half bewolkt. 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 year 1822: Source: Wikipedia
    • January 15 » Greek War of Independence: Demetrios Ypsilantis is elected president of the legislative assembly.
    • May 24 » Battle of Pichincha: Antonio José de Sucre secures the independence of the Presidency of Quito.
    • May 26 » One hundred sixteen people die in the Grue Church fire, the biggest fire disaster in Norway's history.
    • June 6 » Alexis St. Martin is accidentally shot in the stomach, leading to William Beaumont's studies on digestion.
    • July 26 » José de San Martín arrives in Guayaquil, Ecuador, to meet with Simón Bolívar.
    • September 7 » Dom Pedro I declares Brazil independent from Portugal on the shores of the Ipiranga Brook in São Paulo.


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