Olson's Tree » Harry Payne Whitney (1872-1930)
Personal data Harry Payne Whitney
Sources 1, 2, 3, 4Sources 2, 3- He was born on April 29, 1872 in New York, New York, Verenigde Staten.
- He died on October 26, 1930 in Manhattan, New York, USA, he was 58 years old.
- He is buried in Bronx, Bronx County, New York, United States of America.Source 2
- A child of William Collins Whitney and Flora Payne
Household of Harry Payne Whitney
He is married to Gertrude VANDERBILT.
They got married on August 25, 1896 at Newport, RI, he was 24 years old.
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- Ancestry Family Trees, Ancestry Family Tree
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/ Ancestry.com - U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
- Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-2015, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
- Ancestry Family Trees, Ancestry Family Tree
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Birthday April 29, 1872
- The temperature on April 29, 1872 was about 15.9 °C. The air pressure was 7 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the north. The atmospheric humidity was 50%. 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 January 4, 1871 to July 6, 1872 the cabinet Thorbecke III, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
- From July 6, 1872 till August 27, 1874 the Netherlands had a cabinet De Vries - Fransen van de Putte with the prime ministers Mr. G. de Vries Azn. (liberaal) and I.D. Fransen van de Putte (liberaal).
- In the year 1872: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
- May 22 » Reconstruction Era: President Ulysses S. Grant signs the Amnesty Act into law, restoring full civil and political rights to all but about 500 Confederate sympathizers.
- June 14 » Trade unions are legalized in Canada.
- November 5 » Women's suffrage in the United States: In defiance of the law, suffragist Susan B. Anthony votes for the first time, and is later fined $100.
- November 18 » Susan B. Anthony and 14 other women are arrested for voting illegally in the United States presidential election of 1872.
- November 30 » The first-ever international football match takes place at Hamilton Crescent, Glasgow, between Scotland and England.
- December 9 » In Louisiana, P. B. S. Pinchback becomes the first African-American governor of a U.S. state.
Day of marriage August 25, 1896
- The temperature on August 25, 1896 was about 14.7 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 100%. Source: KNMI
- Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
- Regentes Emma (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1898 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
- In The Netherlands , there was from May 9, 1894 to July 27, 1897 the cabinet Roëll, with Jonkheer mr. J. Roëll (oud-liberaal) as prime minister.
- In the year 1896: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
- January 28 » Walter Arnold of East Peckham, Kent, becomes the first person to be convicted of speeding. He was fined one shilling, plus costs, for speeding at 8mph (13km/h), thereby exceeding the contemporary speed limit of 2mph (3.2km/h).
- February 21 » An Englishman raised in Australia, Bob Fitzsimmons, fought an Irishman, Peter Maher, in an American promoted event which technically took place in Mexico, winning the 1896 World Heavyweight Championship in boxing.
- March 20 » With the approval of Emperor Guangxu, the Qing dynasty post office is opened, marking the beginning of a postal service in China.
- June 2 » Guglielmo Marconi applies for a patent for his wireless telegraph.
- August 17 » Bridget Driscoll became the first recorded case of a pedestrian killed in a collision with a motor car in the United Kingdom.
- December 10 » Alfred Jarry's Ubu Roi premieres in Paris. A riot breaks out at the end of the performance.
Day of death October 26, 1930
- The temperature on October 26, 1930 was between 2.8 °C and 12.7 °C and averaged 6.9 °C. There was 2.4 mm of rain during 0.6 hours. There was 4.8 hours of sunshine (48%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. 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 August 10, 1929 to May 26, 1933 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck III, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
- In the year 1930: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 7.8 million citizens.
- April 22 » The United Kingdom, Japan and the United States sign the London Naval Treaty regulating submarine warfare and limiting shipbuilding.
- June 16 » Sovnarkom establishes decree time in the USSR.
- June 21 » One-year conscription comes into force in France.
- September 8 » 3M begins marketing Scotch transparent tape.
- October 3 » The German Socialist Labour Party in Poland – Left is founded.
- December 2 » Great Depression: In a State of the Union message, U.S. President Herbert Hoover proposes a $150 million (equivalent to $2,296,000,000 in 2019) public works program to help generate jobs and stimulate the economy.
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- 1878 » Friedrich Adler, Jewish-German academic, artist and designer (d.1945)
- 1879 » Thomas Beecham, English conductor (d. 1961, March 8)
- 1880 » Fethi Okyar, Turkish military officer, diplomat and politician († 1943)
- 1927 » Jūkichi Yagi, Japanese poet (b. 1898)
- 1929 » Swan Hennessy, Irish-American composer (b. 1866)
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- 1930 » Waldemar Haffkine, Russian-Swiss physician and microbiologist (b. 1860)
- 1931 » Charles Comiskey, American baseball player and manager (b. 1859)
- 1932 » Margaret Brown, American philanthropist and activist (b. 1867)
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