Olson's Tree » Ada Fairfax Chandler (1899-1917)
Personal data Ada Fairfax Chandler
Source 1- She was born on August 15, 1899 in Virginia.
- She died on February 14, 1917 in Montross, Westmoreland, Virginia, she was 17 years old.
- A child of Allen Monroe Chandler and Ada Susan Fairfax
Household of Ada Fairfax Chandler
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Birthday August 15, 1899
- The temperature on August 15, 1899 was about 20.9 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 72%. 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 27, 1897 to August 1, 1901 the cabinet Pierson, with Mr. N.G. Pierson (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
- In the year 1899: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
- January 17 » The United States takes possession of Wake Island in the Pacific Ocean.
- February 2 » The Australian Premiers' Conference held in Melbourne decides to locate Australia's capital city, Canberra, between Sydney and Melbourne.
- March 4 » Cyclone Mahina sweeps in north of Cooktown, Queensland, with a 12 metres (39ft) wave that reaches up to 5 kilometres (3.1mi) inland, killing over 300.
- March 31 » Malolos, capital of the First Philippine Republic, is captured by American forces.
- September 13 » Henry Bliss is the first person in the United States to be killed in an automobile accident.
- November 29 » FC Barcelona is founded by Catalan, Spanish and Englishmen. It later develops into one of Spanish football's most iconic and strongest teams.
Day of death February 14, 1917
- The temperature on February 14, 1917 was between -7.6 °C and 5.4 °C and averaged -0.5 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. There was 6.2 hours of sunshine (63%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. 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 August 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
- In the year 1917: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 6.5 million citizens.
- January 19 » Silvertown explosion: A blast at a munitions factory in London kills 73 and injures over 400. The resulting fire causes over £2,000,000 worth of damage.
- April 2 » World War I: United States President Woodrow Wilson asks the U.S. Congress for a declaration of war on Germany.
- April 6 » World War I: The United States declares war on Germany (see President Woodrow Wilson's address to Congress).
- September 26 » World War I: The Battle of Polygon Wood begins.
- October 26 » First World War: Brazil declares war on the Central Powers.
- November 7 » The Gregorian calendar date of the October Revolution, which gets its name from the Julian calendar date of 25 October. On this date in 1917, the Bolsheviks storm the Winter Palace.
Same birth/death day
- 1896 » Gerty Cori, Czech-American biochemist and physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate († 1957)
- 1898 » Jan Brzechwa, Polish author and poet († 1966)
- 1900 » Estelle Brody, American silent film actress († 1995)
- 1900 » Jack Tworkov, Polish-American painter and educator († 1982)
- 1901 » Arnulfo Arias Madrid, 21st president of the republic of Panamá († 1988)
- 1901 » Pyotr Novikov, Russian mathematician and theorist († 1975)
- 1901 » Edward Stafford, Scottish-New Zealand educator and politician, 3rd Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1819)
- 1910 » Giovanni Passannante, Italian anarchist (b. 1849)
- 1922 » Heikki Ritavuori, Finnish lawyer and politician (b. 1880)
- 1929 » Thomas Burke, American sprinter, coach, and lawyer (b. 1875)
- 1930 » Thomas Mackenzie, Scottish-New Zealand cartographer and politician, 18th Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1853)
- 1933 » Carl Correns, German botanist and geneticist (b. 1864)
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Charles Olson, "Olson's Tree", database, Genealogy Online (https://www.genealogieonline.nl/olsons-tree/P13348.php : accessed January 3, 2026), "Ada Fairfax Chandler (1899-1917)".
Charles Olson, "Olson's Tree", database, Genealogy Online (https://www.genealogieonline.nl/olsons-tree/P13348.php : accessed January 3, 2026), "Ada Fairfax Chandler (1899-1917)".