Olson's Tree » Wilson Seldon Chew (1880-1881)
Personal data Wilson Seldon Chew
Source 1- He was born on September 27, 1880 in Blakeley, Jefferson, West Virginia, United States.
- He died on January 14, 1881 in Blakeley, Jefferson, West Virginia, United States.
- A child of Roger Preston Chew and Louisa Fontaine Washington
Household of Wilson Seldon Chew
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Historical events
Birthday September 27, 1880
- The temperature on September 27, 1880 was about 17.6 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the northeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 78%. 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 August 20, 1879 to April 23, 1883 the cabinet Van Lijnden van Sandenburg, with Mr. C.Th. baron Van Lijnden van Sandenburg (conservatief-AR) as prime minister.
- In the year 1880: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
- February 13 » Thomas Edison observes Thermionic emission.
- May 11 » Seven people are killed in the Mussel Slough Tragedy, a gun battle in California.
- May 13 » In Menlo Park, New Jersey, Thomas Edison performs the first test of his electric railway.
- June 7 » War of the Pacific: The Battle of Arica, the assault and capture of Morro de Arica (Arica Cape), ends the Campaña del Desierto (Desert Campaign).
- November 11 » Australian bushranger Ned Kelly is hanged at Melbourne Gaol.
- December 16 » Outbreak of the First Boer War between the Boer South African Republic and the British Empire.
Day of death January 14, 1881
- The temperature on January 14, 1881 was about -12.3 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 89%. 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 August 20, 1879 to April 23, 1883 the cabinet Van Lijnden van Sandenburg, with Mr. C.Th. baron Van Lijnden van Sandenburg (conservatief-AR) as prime minister.
- In the year 1881: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
- January 25 » Thomas Edison and Alexander Graham Bell form the Oriental Telephone Company.
- July 1 » General Order 70, the culmination of the Cardwell and Childers reforms of the British Army, comes into effect.
- July 4 » In Alabama, the Tuskegee Institute opens.
- July 14 » Billy the Kid is shot and killed by Pat Garrett outside Fort Sumner.
- September 19 » U.S. President James A. Garfield dies of wounds suffered in a July 2 shooting. Vice President Chester A. Arthur becomes President upon Garfield's death.
- November 3 » The Mapuche uprising of 1881 begins in Chile.
Same birth/death day
- 1879 » Cyril Scott, English poet and composer († 1970)
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- 1879 » Hans Hahn, Austrian mathematician and philosopher († 1934)
- 1882 » Dorothy Greenhough-Smith, English figure skater and tennis player († 1965)
- 1885 » Charles Benjamin Howard, Canadian businessman and politician († 1964)
- 1885 » Harry Blackstone, Sr., American magician († 1965)
- 1874 » Johann Philipp Reis, German physicist and academic, invented the Reis telephone (b. 1834)
- 1883 » Napoléon Coste, French guitarist and composer (b. 1806)
- 1888 » Stephen Heller, Hungarian pianist and composer (b. 1813)
- 1889 » Ema Pukšec, Croatian soprano (b. 1834)
- 1892 » Alexander J. Davis, American architect (b. 1803)
- 1892 » Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence and Avondale (b. 1864)
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