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Personal data Richard Henry DANA 

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  • He was born on November 15, 1787 in Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts.
  • Alternative: He was born on November 15, 1787 in Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States of America.
  • He died on February 2, 1879 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, he was 91 years old.
  • Alternative: He died on February 2, 1879 in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States of America, he was 91 years old.
  • He is buried in Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States of America.
  • A child of Francis Dana and Elizabeth Ellery

Household of Richard Henry DANA

He is married to Ruth Charlotte Smith.

They got married on April 8, 1813 at Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, United States, he was 25 years old.


Child(ren):

  1. Richard Henry Dana  1815-1882 
  3. Susan Dana  1820-1822

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Richard Henry DANA

Richard Dana
1700-1772
Lydia Trowbridge
1710-1776
Francis Dana
1743-1811

Richard Henry DANA
1787-1879

1813

Ruth Charlotte Smith
1786-1822

Richard Henry Dana
1815-1882
Edmund Trowbridge Dana
1818-1869
Susan Dana
1820-1822

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    Birthday November 15, 1787

    • The temperature on November 15, 1787 was about 4.0 °C. 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 1787: Source: Wikipedia
      • January 11 » William Herschel discovers Titania and Oberon, two moons of Uranus.
      • January 25 » Shays's Rebellion: The rebellion's largest confrontation, outside the Springfield Armory, results in the killing of four rebels and the wounding of twenty.
      • August 6 » Sixty proof sheets of the Constitution of the United States are delivered to the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
      • September 17 » The United States Constitution is signed in Philadelphia.
      • October 1 » Russians under Alexander Suvorov defeat the Turks at Kinburn.
      • December 18 » New Jersey becomes the third state to ratify the U.S. Constitution.

    Day of marriage April 8, 1813

    • The temperature on April 8, 1813 was about 17.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south east. Weather type: helder. Source: KNMI
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      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 1813: Source: Wikipedia
      • February 3 » José de San Martín defeats a Spanish royalist army at the Battle of San Lorenzo, part of the Argentine War of Independence.
      • February 20 » Manuel Belgrano defeats the royalist army of Pío de Tristán during the Battle of Salta.
      • June 21 » Peninsular War: Wellington defeats Joseph Bonaparte at the Battle of Vitoria.
      • July 5 » War of 1812: Three weeks of British raids on Fort Schlosser, Black Rock and Plattsburgh, New York commence.
      • August 19 » Gervasio Antonio de Posadas joins Argentina's Second Triumvirate.
      • September 11 » War of 1812: British troops arrive in Mount Vernon and prepare to march to and invade Washington, D.C..

    Day of death February 2, 1879

    • The temperature on February 2, 1879 was about -0.5 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the east-southeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 90%. Source: KNMI
    • Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
    • In The Netherlands , there was from November 3, 1877 to August 20, 1879 the cabinet Kappeijne van de Coppello, with Mr. J. Kappeijne van de Coppello (liberaal) as prime minister.
    • In The Netherlands , there was from August 20, 1879 to April 23, 1883 the cabinet Van Lijnden van Sandenburg, with Mr. C.Th. baron Van Lijnden van Sandenburg (conservatief-AR) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1879: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
      • January 23 » Anglo-Zulu War: the Battle of Rorke's Drift ends.
      • February 8 » Sandford Fleming first proposes adoption of Universal Standard Time at a meeting of the Royal Canadian Institute.
      • February 14 » The War of the Pacific breaks out when the Chilean Army occupies the Bolivian port city of Antofagasta.
      • February 15 » Women's rights: US President Rutherford B. Hayes signs a bill allowing female attorneys to argue cases before the Supreme Court of the United States.
      • July 1 » Charles Taze Russell publishes the first edition of the religious magazine The Watchtower.
      • October 8 » War of the Pacific: The Chilean Navy defeats the Peruvian Navy in the Battle of Angamos.
    

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