Olson's Tree » Solomon Welles (1721-1802)
Personal data Solomon Welles
Source 1Source 2- Alternative name: Col. Solomon Welles
- He was born on October 6, 1721 in Wethersfield, Hartford Co., CT.Source 2
- Alternative: He was born on October 6, 1721 in Wethersfield, Connecticut.
- He died on September 28, 1802 in Wethersfield, Hartford Co., CT, he was 80 years old.Source 2
- Alternative: He died on September 28, 1802 in Wethersfield, Connecticut, he was 80 years old.
- He is buried in Wethersfield, Hartford County, Connecticut, United States of America.Source 2
- A child of Gideon Welles and Hannah Chester
Household of Solomon Welles
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Historical events
Birthday October 6, 1721
- The temperature on October 6, 1721 was about 12.0 °C. Source: KNMI
- This page is only available in Dutch.Van 1702 tot 1747 kende Nederland (ookwel Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden) zijn Tweede Stadhouderloze Tijdperk.
- In the year 1721: Source: Wikipedia
- January 6 » The Committee of Inquiry on the South Sea Bubble publishes its findings, revealing details of fraud among company directors and corrupt politicians.
- March 24 » Johann Sebastian Bach dedicated six concertos to Margrave Christian Ludwig of Brandenburg-Schwedt, now commonly called the Brandenburg Concertos, BWV 1046-1051.
- April 4 » Sir Robert Walpole becomes the first British prime minister.
- April 26 » A massive earthquake devastates the Iranian city of Tabriz.
- August 18 » The city of Shamakhi in Safavid Shirvan is sacked.
- October 22 » Russian Empire is proclaimed by Tsar Peter I after the Swedish defeat in the Great Northern War.
Day of death September 28, 1802
- The temperature on September 28, 1802 was about 15.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north-northwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken. 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 1802: Source: Wikipedia
- March 28 » Heinrich Wilhelm Matthäus Olbers discovers 2 Pallas, the second asteroid ever to be discovered.
- April 21 » Twelve thousand Wahhabis under Abdul-Aziz bin Muhammad, invaded city of Karbala, killed over three thousand inhabitants, and sacked the city.
- June 4 » King Charles Emmanuel IV of Sardinia abdicates his throne in favor of his brother, Victor Emmanuel.
- July 22 » Emperor Gia Long conquers Hanoi and unified Viet Nam, which had experienced centuries of feudal warfare.
- September 11 » France annexes the Kingdom of Piedmont.
- November 19 » The Garinagu arrive at British Honduras (Present day Belize)
Same birth/death day
- 1716 » George Montagu-Dunk, 2nd Earl of Halifax, English general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland († 1771)
- 1729 » Sarah Crosby, English preacher, the first female Methodist preacher († 1804)
- 1732 » John Broadwood, Scottish businessman, co-founded John Broadwood and Sons († 1812)
- 1738 » Archduchess Maria Anna of Austria († 1789)
- 1742 » Johan Herman Wessel, Norwegian-Danish poet and playwright († 1755)
- 1744 » James McGill, Scottish-Canadian businessman and philanthropist, founded McGill University († 1813)
- 1742 » Jean Baptiste Massillon, French bishop (b. 1663)
- 1829 » Nikolay Raevsky, Russian general and politician (b. 1771)
- 1844 » Pyotr Aleksandrovich Tolstoy, Russian general and politician (b. 1769)
- 1859 » Carl Ritter, German geographer and academic (b. 1779)
- 1873 » Émile Gaboriau, French journalist and author (b. 1832)
- 1891 » Herman Melville, American author and poet (b. 1819)
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