Olson's Tree » Philip Nelson (1766-1851)

Personal data Philip Nelson 

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Household of Philip Nelson

He is married to Sarah Nelson Burwell.

They got married on June 27, 1789 at Middlesex County, Virginia, he was 23 years old.


Child(ren):

  1. Mary Nelson  1792-1817 
  2. Lucy Grymes Nelson  1793-1856
  8. William Nelson  1809-1851

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    2. U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com

    Historical events

    Birthday March 4, 1766

    • The temperature on March 4, 1766 was about 4.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south by west. Weather type: omtrent helder. 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 1766: Source: Wikipedia
      • March 5 » Antonio de Ulloa, the first Spanish governor of Louisiana, arrives in New Orleans.
      • March 18 » American Revolution: The British Parliament repeals the Stamp Act.
      • May 22 » A large earthquake causes heavy damage and loss of life in Istanbul and the Marmara region.
      • November 10 » The last colonial governor of New Jersey, William Franklin, signs the charter of Queen's College (later renamed Rutgers University).
      • December 2 » Swedish parliament approved the Swedish Freedom of the Press Act and implemented it as a ground law, thus being first in the world with freedom of speech.
      • December 25 » Mapuches in Chile launch a series of surprise attacks against the Spanish starting the Mapuche uprising of 1766.

    Day of marriage June 27, 1789

    • The temperature on June 27, 1789 was about 13.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west-northwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken. 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 1789: Source: Wikipedia
      • January 23 » Georgetown College, the first Catholic university in the United States, is founded in Georgetown, Maryland (now a part of Washington, D.C.).
      • April 21 » George Washington's reception at Trenton is hosted by the Ladies of Trenton as he journeys to New York City for his first inauguration.
      • July 15 » Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette, is named by acclamation Colonel General of the new National Guard of Paris.
      • August 7 » The United States Department of War is established.
      • September 26 » George Washington appoints Thomas Jefferson the first United States Secretary of State.
      • October 3 » George Washington proclaims a Thanksgiving Day for that year.

    Day of death September 5, 1851

    • The temperature on September 5, 1851 was about 16.7 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 86%. 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 November 1, 1849 to April 19, 1853 the cabinet Thorbecke I, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1851: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 3.3 million citizens.
      • January 28 » Northwestern University becomes the first chartered university in Illinois.
      • May 15 » The first Australian gold rush is proclaimed, although the discovery had been made three months earlier.
      • September 11 » Christiana Resistance: Escaped slaves led by William Parker fight off and kill a slave owner who, with a federal marshal and an armed party, sought to seize three of his former slaves in Christiana, Pennsylvania, thereby creating a cause célèbre between slavery proponents and abolitionists.
      • September 18 » First publication of The New-York Daily Times, which later becomes The New York Times.
      • December 8 » Conservative Santiago-based government troops defeat rebels at the Battle of Loncomilla, signaling the end of the 1851 Chilean Revolution.
      • December 24 » The Library of Congress in Washington, D.C., burns.
    

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    • 1756 » Henry Raeburn, Scottish painter and educator († 1823)
    • 1760 » Hugh Ronalds, British nurseryman who cultivated and documented 300 varieties of apples († 1833)
    • 1760 » William Payne, English painter († 1830)
    • 1769 » Muhammad Ali, Ottoman military leader and pasha († 1849)
    • 1770 » Joseph Jacotot, French philosopher and academic († 1840)
    • 1778 » Robert Emmet, Irish commander († 1803)

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