Olson's Tree » Joseph Davis Brodhead (1859-1920)
Personal data Joseph Davis Brodhead
Source 1- He was born on January 12, 1859 in Easton, Northampton County, Pennsylvania.
- He died on April 23, 1920 in Washington, District of Columbia, District of Columbia, Verenigde Staten, he was 61 years old.
- A child of Richard Brodhead and Mary Jane Bradford
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Birthday January 12, 1859
- The temperature on January 12, 1859 was about 7.6 °C. The air pressure was 7 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the northwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 83%. 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).
- From March 18, 1858 till February 23, 1860 the Netherlands had a cabinet Rochussen - Van Bosse with the prime ministers J.J. Rochussen (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. P.P. van Bosse (liberaal).
- In the year 1859: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 3.3 million citizens.
- February 19 » Daniel E. Sickles, a New York Congressman, is acquitted of murder on grounds of temporary insanity.
- April 4 » Bryant's Minstrels debut "Dixie" in New York City in the finale of a blackface minstrel show.
- May 17 » Members of the Melbourne Football Club codified the first rules of Australian rules football.
- September 17 » Joshua A. Norton declares himself "Norton I, Emperor of the United States."
- October 16 » John Brown leads a raid on Harpers Ferry, Virginia.
- December 2 » Militant abolitionist leader John Brown is hanged for his October 16 raid on Harpers Ferry, West Virginia.
Day of death April 23, 1920
- The temperature on April 23, 1920 was between 2.8 °C and 17.0 °C and averaged 9.9 °C. There was 10.9 hours of sunshine (76%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the 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 September 9, 1918 to September 18, 1922 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck I, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
- In the year 1920: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 6.8 million citizens.
- January 10 » The Treaty of Versailles takes effect, officially ending World War I.
- January 26 » Former Ford Motor Company executive Henry Leland launches the Lincoln Motor Company which he later sold to his former employer.
- March 14 » In the second of the 1920 Schleswig plebiscites, about 80% of the population in Zone II votes to remain part of Weimar Germany.
- June 11 » During the U.S. Republican National Convention in Chicago, U.S. Republican Party leaders gathered in a room at the Blackstone Hotel to come to a consensus on their candidate for the U.S. presidential election, leading the Associated Press to coin the political phrase "smoke-filled room".
- August 15 » Polish–Soviet War: Battle of Warsaw, so-called Miracle at the Vistula.
- November 16 » Qantas, Australia's national airline, is founded as Queensland and Northern Territory Aerial Services Limited.
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Charles Olson, "Olson's Tree", database, Genealogy Online (https://www.genealogieonline.nl/olsons-tree/P25132.php : accessed January 23, 2026), "Joseph Davis Brodhead (1859-1920)".