Olson's Tree » Dr Lewis Burwell (1783-1826)
Personal data Dr Lewis Burwell
Source 1- He was born on September 26, 1783 in Carter's Grove, James City County, VA.
- He died on February 24, 1826, he was 42 years old.
- A child of Nathaniel Burwell and Susanna Grymes
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Birthday September 26, 1783
- The temperature on September 26, 1783 was about 15.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northeast. Weather type: omtrent helder. Special wheather fenomena: noorderlicht. 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 1783: Source: Wikipedia
- February 3 » Spain–United States relations are first established.
- March 15 » In an emotional speech in Newburgh, New York, George Washington asks his officers not to support the Newburgh Conspiracy. The plea is successful and the threatened coup d'état never takes place.
- April 18 » Three-Fifths Compromise: the first instance of black slaves in the United States of America being counted as three fifths of persons (for the purpose of taxation), in a resolution of the Congress of the Confederation. This was later adopted in the 1787 Constitution.
- October 15 » The Montgolfier brothers' hot air balloon makes the first human ascent, piloted by Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier.
- December 4 » At Fraunces Tavern in New York City, U.S. General George Washington bids farewell to his officers.
- December 23 » George Washington resigns as commander-in-chief of the Continental Army at the Maryland State House in Annapolis, Maryland.
Day of death February 24, 1826
- The temperature on February 24, 1826 was about 5.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northwest. Weather type: half bewolkt winderig. 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 1826: Source: Wikipedia
- January 30 » The Menai Suspension Bridge, considered the world's first modern suspension bridge, connecting the Isle of Anglesey to the north West coast of Wales, is opened.
- March 13 » Pope Leo XII publishes the apostolic constitution Quo Graviora in which he renewed the prohibition on Catholics joining freemasonry.
- September 11 » Captain William Morgan, an ex-freemason is arrested in Batavia, New York for debt after declaring that he would publish The Mysteries of Free Masonry, a book against Freemasonry. This sets into motion the events that lead to his mysterious disappearance.
- October 7 » The Granite Railway begins operations as the first chartered railway in the U.S.
- November 25 » The Greek frigate Hellas arrives in Nafplion to become the first flagship of the Hellenic Navy.
- December 24 » The Eggnog Riot at the United States Military Academy begins that night, wrapping up the following morning.
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- 1783 » Richard Griffin, 3rd Baron Braybrooke, English politician and literary figure († 1858)
- 1791 » Théodore Géricault, French painter and lithographer († 1824)
- 1792 » William Hobson, Irish-New Zealand explorer and politician, 1st Governor of New Zealand († 1842)
- 1799 » Georg Christoph Lichtenberg, German physicist and academic (b. 1742)
- 1810 » Henry Cavendish, French-English physicist and chemist (b. 1731)
- 1812 » Étienne-Louis Malus, French physicist and mathematician (b. 1775)
- 1815 » Robert Fulton, American engineer (b. 1765)
- 1825 » Thomas Bowdler, English physician and philanthropist (b. 1754)
- 1856 » Nikolai Lobachevsky, Russian mathematician and academic (b. 1792)
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Charles Olson, "Olson's Tree", database, Genealogy Online (https://www.genealogieonline.nl/olsons-tree/P22619.php : accessed January 17, 2026), "Dr Lewis Burwell (1783-1826)".