Olson's Tree » Henry Whiting Avery (1857-1944)
Personal data Henry Whiting Avery
Source 1- He was born on February 10, 1857 in Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA.
- He died on September 9, 1944, he was 87 years old.
- A child of John Thomas Avery and Sarah Avis Whiting
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Birthday February 10, 1857
- The temperature on February 10, 1857 was about 4.3 °C. The air pressure was 6 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southwest. The atmospheric humidity was 77%. 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 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.
- In the year 1857: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 3.3 million citizens.
- January 9 » The 7.9 Mw Fort Tejon earthquake shakes Central and Southern California with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent).
- January 24 » The University of Calcutta is formally founded as the first fully fledged university in South Asia.
- August 24 » The Panic of 1857 begins, setting off one of the most severe economic crises in United States history.
- September 7 » Mountain Meadows massacre: Mormon settlers slaughter most members of peaceful, emigrant wagon train.
- October 24 » Sheffield F.C., the world's oldest association football club still in operation, is founded in England.
- December 31 » Queen Victoria chooses Ottawa, then a small logging town, as the capital of the Province of Canada.
Day of death September 9, 1944
- The temperature on September 9, 1944 was between 5.8 °C and 14.8 °C and averaged 9.9 °C. There was 8.0 mm of rain during 3.5 hours. There was 4.6 hours of sunshine (35%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. 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 July 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
- In the year 1944: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 9.1 million citizens.
- February 7 » World War II: In Anzio, Italy, German forces launch a counteroffensive during the Allied Operation Shingle.
- April 22 » The 1st Air Commando Group using Sikorsky R-4 helicopters stage the first use of helicopters in combat with combat search and rescue operations in the China Burma India Theater.
- August 6 » The Warsaw Uprising occurs on August 1. It is brutally suppressed and all able-bodied men in Kraków are detained afterwards to prevent a similar uprising, the Kraków Uprising, that was planned but never carried out.
- August 12 » Nazi German troops end the week-long Wola massacre, during which time at least 40,000 people are killed indiscriminately or in mass executions.
- October 29 » World War II: The Soviet Red Army enters Hungary.
- November 16 » World War II: Düren, Germany, is destroyed by Allied bombers.
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- 1867 » Robert Garran, Australian lawyer and public servant († 1957)
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- 1934 » Roger Fry, English painter and critic (b. 1866)
- 1941 » Hans Spemann, German embryologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1869)
- 1943 » Carlo Bergamini, Italian admiral (b. 1888)
- 1943 » Charles McLean Andrews, American historian, author, and academic (b. 1863)
- 1945 » Max Ehrmann, American poet and lawyer (b. 1872)
- 1950 » Victor Hémery, French racing driver (b. 1876)
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Charles Olson, "Olson's Tree", database, Genealogy Online (https://www.genealogieonline.nl/olsons-tree/P20868.php : accessed February 24, 2026), "Henry Whiting Avery (1857-1944)".