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Household of William Goodsell Rockefeller

He is married to Sarah Elizabeth Stillman.

They got married on November 21, 1895, he was 25 years old.


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    Birthday May 21, 1870

    • The temperature on May 21, 1870 was about 24.8 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 59%. 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 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 1870: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
      • February 9 » US president Ulysses S. Grant signs a joint resolution of Congress establishing the U.S. Weather Bureau.
      • June 26 » The Christian holiday of Christmas is declared a federal holiday in the United States.
      • August 2 » Tower Subway, the world's first underground tube railway, opens in London, England, United Kingdom.
      • August 18 » Franco-Prussian War: Battle of Gravelotte is fought.
      • October 7 » Franco-Prussian War: Léon Gambetta escapes the siege of Paris in a hot-air balloon.
      • October 27 » Franco-Prussian War: Marshal Bazaine surrenders to Prussian forces at the conclusion of the Siege of Metz along with 140,000 French soldiers.

    Day of marriage November 21, 1895

    • The temperature on November 21, 1895 was about 2.3 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 91%. 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 May 9, 1894 to July 27, 1897 the cabinet Roëll, with Jonkheer mr. J. Roëll (oud-liberaal) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1895: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
      • March 15 » Heian Shrine is founded.
      • March 19 » Auguste and Louis Lumière record their first footage using their newly patented cinematograph.
      • April 6 » Oscar Wilde is arrested in the Cadogan Hotel, London, after losing a libel case against the Marquess of Queensberry.
      • April 8 » In Pollock v. Farmers' Loan & Trust Co. the Supreme Court of the United States declares unapportioned income tax to be unconstitutional.
      • May 25 » Playwright, poet and novelist Oscar Wilde is convicted of "committing acts of gross indecency with other male persons" and sentenced to serve two years in prison.
      • June 20 » The Kiel Canal, crossing the base of the Jutland peninsula and the busiest artificial waterway in the world, is officially opened.

    Day of death November 30, 1922

    • The temperature on November 30, 1922 was between 6.3 °C and 9.7 °C and averaged 7.8 °C. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. 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 September 9, 1918 to September 18, 1922 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck I, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
    • In The Netherlands , there was from September 19, 1922 to August 4, 1925 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck II, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1922: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 7.0 million citizens.
      • June 24 » The American Professional Football Association is renamed the National Football League.
      • September 11 » The Treaty of Kars is ratified in Yerevan, Armenia.
      • October 19 » British Conservative MPs vote to terminate the coalition government with the Liberal Party.
      • October 28 » Italian fascists led by Benito Mussolini march on Rome and take over the Italian government.
      • October 31 » Benito Mussolini is made Prime Minister of Italy
      • November 24 » Nine Irish Republican Army members are executed by an Irish Free State firing squad. Among them is author Erskine Childers, who had been arrested for illegally carrying a revolver.
    

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