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Personal data Edith Sibyl May 

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Household of Edith Sibyl May

She is married to William Collins Whitney.

They got married on September 29, 1896 at Bar Harbor, Hancock Co., Maine, she was 42 years old.

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Edith Sibyl May

Frederick May
1773-1847
Julia Matilda Slacum
1793-1822

Edith Sibyl May
1854-1899

1896

William Collins Whitney
1841-1904


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    Historical events

    Birthday January 13, 1854

    • The temperature on January 13, 1854 was about -1.4 °C. The atmospheric humidity was 98%. 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 April 19, 1853 till July 1, 1856 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Hall - Donker Curtius with the prime ministers Mr. F.A. baron Van Hall (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. D. Donker Curtius (conservatief-liberaal).
    • In the year 1854: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 3.3 million citizens.
      • February 7 » A law is approved to found the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology. Lectures started October 16, 1855.
      • February 24 » A Penny Red with perforations was the first perforated postage stamp to be officially issued for distribution.
      • March 28 » Crimean War: France and Britain declare war on Russia.
      • August 4 » The Hinomaru is established as the official flag to be flown from Japanese ships.
      • September 27 » The steamship SSArctic sinks with 300 people on board.
      • October 21 » Florence Nightingale and a staff of 38 nurses are sent to the Crimean War.

    Day of marriage September 29, 1896

    • The temperature on September 29, 1896 was about 9.4 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 93%. 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.
      • March 1 » Henri Becquerel discovers radioactive decay.
      • May 26 » Charles Dow publishes the first edition of the Dow Jones Industrial Average.
      • July 9 » William Jennings Bryan delivers his Cross of Gold speech advocating bimetallism at the 1896 Democratic National Convention in Chicago.
      • August 17 » Bridget Driscoll became the first recorded case of a pedestrian killed in a collision with a motor car in the United Kingdom.
      • September 21 » Anglo-Egyptian conquest of Sudan: British forces under the command of Horatio Kitchener take Dongola.
      • November 27 » Also sprach Zarathustra by Richard Strauss is first performed.

    Day of death May 6, 1899

    • The temperature on May 6, 1899 was about 14.0 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 46%. 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 July 27, 1897 to August 1, 1901 the cabinet Pierson, with Mr. N.G. Pierson (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1899: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
      • January 23 » The Malolos Constitution is inaugurated, establishing the First Philippine Republic. Emilio Aguinaldo is sworn in as its first President.
      • March 30 » German Society of Chemistry issues an invitation to other national scientific organizations to appoint delegates to the International Committee on Atomic Weights.
      • May 30 » Pearl Hart, a female outlaw of the Old West, robs a stage coach 30 miles southeast of Globe, Arizona.
      • July 11 » Fiat founded by Giovanni Agnelli in Turin, Italy.
      • July 29 » The First Hague Convention is signed.
      • September 13 » Henry Bliss is the first person in the United States to be killed in an automobile accident.
    

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