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Personal data Alexander Bell 

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Household of Alexander Bell

He is married to Elizabeth Colvill.

They got married on April 4, 1814 at St Andrews, Fife, Scotland, he was 24 years old.

They got married on April 2, 1814 at Balmerino,Fife,Scotland, he was 24 years old.


Child(ren):

  1. David Charles Bell  1817-1903 

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Alexander Bell

Alexander Bell
1790-1865

1814

Elizabeth Colvill
1790-1856

David Charles Bell
1817-1903
Alexander Melville Bell
1819-1905

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Historical events

Birthday March 3, 1790

  • The temperature on March 3, 1790 was about 7.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west-northwest. Weather type: half bewolkt regen. 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)
  • In the year 1790: Source: Wikipedia
    • March 1 » The first United States census is authorized.
    • May 31 » The United States enacts its first copyright statute, the Copyright Act of 1790.
    • July 9 » The Swedish Navy captures one third of the Russian Baltic fleet.
    • September 25 » Four Great Anhui Troupes introduce Anhui opera to Beijing in honor of the Qianlong Emperor's eightieth birthday.
    • October 9 » A severe earthquake in northern Algeria causes severe damage and a tsunami in the Mediterranean Sea and kills three thousand.
    • December 6 » The U.S. Congress moves from New York City to Philadelphia.

Day of marriage April 4, 1814

  • The temperature on April 4, 1814 was about 9.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northeast. 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 1814: Source: Wikipedia
    • August 25 » War of 1812: On the second day of the Burning of Washington, British troops torch the Library of Congress, United States Treasury, Department of War, and other public buildings.
    • August 26 » Chilean War of Independence: Infighting between the rebel forces of José Miguel Carrera and Bernardo O'Higgins erupts in the Battle of Las Tres Acequias.
    • September 12 » Battle of North Point: an American detachment halts the British land advance to Baltimore in the War of 1812.
    • September 13 » In a turning point in the War of 1812, the British fail to capture Baltimore. During the battle, Francis Scott Key composes his poem "Defence of Fort McHenry", which is later set to music and becomes the United States' national anthem.
    • October 10 » War of 1812: The United States Revenue Marine attempts to defend the cutter Eagle from the Royal Navy.
    • October 17 » Eight people die in the London Beer Flood.

Day of death April 23, 1865

  • The temperature on April 23, 1865 was about 17.3 °C. The air pressure was 0.5 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the east-northeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 51%. Source: KNMI
  • Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from February 1, 1862 to February 10, 1866 the cabinet Thorbecke II, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1865: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
    • January 15 » American Civil War: Fort Fisher in North Carolina falls to the Union, thus cutting off the last major seaport of the Confederacy.
    • January 31 » American Civil War: Confederate General Robert E. Lee becomes general-in-chief.
    • March 18 » American Civil War: The Congress of the Confederate States adjourns for the last time.
    • April 27 » The New York State Senate creates Cornell University as the state's land grant institution.
    • May 1 » The Empire of Brazil, Argentina, and Uruguay sign the Treaty of the Triple Alliance.
    • July 7 » Four conspirators in the assassination of Abraham Lincoln are hanged.


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Source: Wikipedia

Source: Wikipedia


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