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Personal data Howard Townsend 

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Household of Howard Townsend

(1) He is married to Sophia Graham Dickey.

They got married on April 17, 1888 at New York, New York, United States, he was 29 years old.


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(2) He is married to Ann Lowndes Langdon.

They got married on October 20, 1894, he was 36 years old.


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  2. Philip Schuyler Townsend  ± 1905-1926

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    Birthday August 23, 1858

    • The temperature on August 23, 1858 was about 19.1 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the east-northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 90%. 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 Netherlands , there was from July 1, 1856 to March 18, 1858 the cabinet Van der Brugghen, with Mr. J.L.L. van der Brugghen (protestant) as prime minister.
    • From March 18, 1858 till February 23, 1860 the Netherlands had a cabinet Rochussen - Van Bosse with the prime ministers J.J. Rochussen (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. P.P. van Bosse (liberaal).
    • In the year 1858: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 3.3 million citizens.
      • April 10 » After the original Big Ben, a 14.5 tonnes (32,000lb) bell for the Palace of Westminster, had cracked during testing, it is recast into the current 13.76 tonnes (30,300lb) bell by Whitechapel Bell Foundry.
      • May 15 » Opening of the present Royal Opera House in Covent Garden, London.
      • August 7 » The first Australian rules football match is played between Melbourne Grammar and Scotch College.
      • September 10 » George Mary Searle discovers the asteroid 55 Pandora.
      • November 17 » Modified Julian Day zero.
      • November 17 » The city of Denver, Colorado is founded.

    Day of marriage October 20, 1894

    • The temperature on October 20, 1894 was about 5.7 °C. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 95%. 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 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 1894: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
      • March 16 » Jules Massenet's opera Thaïs is first performed.
      • March 22 » The first playoff game for the Stanley Cup starts.
      • April 14 » The first ever commercial motion picture house opened in New York City using ten Kinetoscopes, a device for peep-show viewing of films.
      • April 21 » Norway formally adopts the Krag–Jørgensen bolt-action rifle as the main arm of its armed forces, a weapon that would remain in service for almost 50 years.
      • June 23 » The International Olympic Committee is founded at the Sorbonne in Paris, at the initiative of Baron Pierre de Coubertin.
      • November 1 » Nicholas II becomes the new (and last) Tsar of Russia after his father, Alexander III, dies.

    Day of death April 24, 1935

    • The temperature on April 24, 1935 was between 6.7 °C and 11.6 °C and averaged 8.8 °C. There was 12.8 mm of rain during 8.3 hours. There was 0.3 hours of sunshine (2%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong 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 May 26, 1933 to July 31, 1935 the cabinet Colijn II, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
    • 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 year 1935: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 8.4 million citizens.
      • February 2 » Leonarde Keeler administers polygraph tests to two murder suspects, the first time polygraph evidence was admitted in U.S. courts.
      • February 26 » Robert Watson-Watt carries out a demonstration near Daventry which leads directly to the development of radar in the United Kingdom.
      • February 28 » DuPont scientist Wallace Carothers invents nylon.
      • June 10 » Dr. Robert Smith takes his last drink, and Alcoholics Anonymous is founded in Akron, Ohio, United States, by him and Bill Wilson.
      • October 3 » Second Italo-Abyssinian War: Italy invades Ethiopia.
      • November 22 » The China Clipper inaugurates the first commercial transpacific air service, connecting Alameda, California with Manila.
    

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