Olson's Tree » Richard Howland HUNT (1862-1931)
Personal data Richard Howland HUNT
Source 1Source 2- He was born on March 14, 1862 in Paris, City of Paris, Île-de-France, France.Source 2
- Alternative: He was born on March 14, 1862 in Paris, France.
- He died on July 12, 1931 in Manhattan, New York County (Manhattan), New York, United States of America, he was 69 years old.Source 2
- Alternative: He died on July 12, 1931 in Westchester, New York, United States, he was 69 years old.
- He is buried in Newport, Newport County, Rhode Island, United States of America.Source 2
- A child of Richard Morris HUNT and Catherine Clinton Howland
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Historical events
Birthday March 14, 1862
- The temperature on March 14, 1862 was about 6.0 °C. The air pressure was 3.5 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the east-northeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 88%. Source: KNMI
- Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
- From March 14, 1861 till January 31, 1862 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt - Loudon with the prime ministers Mr. J.P.P. baron Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. J. Loudon (liberaal).
- In The Netherlands , there was from February 1, 1862 to February 10, 1866 the cabinet Thorbecke II, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
- In the year 1862: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
- March 9 » American Civil War: USSMonitor and CSSVirginia fight to a draw in the Battle of Hampton Roads, the first battle between two ironclad warships.
- April 16 » American Civil War: The District of Columbia Compensated Emancipation Act, a bill ending slavery in the District of Columbia, becomes law.
- June 1 » American Civil War: Peninsula Campaign: The Battle of Seven Pines (or the Battle of Fair Oaks) ends inconclusively, with both sides claiming victory.
- September 13 » American Civil War: Union soldiers find a copy of Robert E. Lee's battle plans in a field outside Frederick, Maryland. It is the prelude to the Battle of Antietam.
- November 14 » American Civil War: President Abraham Lincoln approves General Ambrose Burnside's plan to capture the Confederate capital at Richmond, Virginia, leading to the Battle of Fredericksburg.
- December 1 » In his State of the Union Address President Abraham Lincoln reaffirms the necessity of ending slavery as ordered ten weeks earlier in the Emancipation Proclamation.
Day of death July 12, 1931
- The temperature on July 12, 1931 was between 9.8 °C and 23.5 °C and averaged 18.3 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. There was 6.7 hours of sunshine (41%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. 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 1931: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 7.9 million citizens.
- February 20 » The U.S. Congress approves the construction of the San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge by the state of California.
- May 14 » Five unarmed civilians are killed in the Ådalen shootings, as the Swedish military is called in to deal with protesting workers.
- July 1 » Wiley Post and Harold Gatty become the first people to circumnavigate the globe in a single-engined monoplane aircraft.
- October 1 » Clara Campoamor persuades the Constituent Cortes to enfranchise women in Spain's new constitution.
- October 17 » Al Capone is convicted of income tax evasion.
- December 9 » The Constituent Cortes approves a constitution which establishes the Second Spanish Republic.
Same birth/death day
- 1854 » John Lane, English publisher, co-founded The Bodley Head († 1925)
- 1854 » Paul Ehrlich, German physician and biologist, Nobel Prize laureate († 1915)
- 1862 » Vilhelm Bjerknes, Norwegian physicist and meteorologist († 1951)
- 1863 » Casey Jones, American engineer († 1900)
- 1868 » Emily Murphy, Canadian jurist, author, and activist († 1933)
- 1869 » Algernon Blackwood, English author and playwright († 1951)
- 1926 » Charles Wood Irish composer (b. 1866)
- 1926 » Gertrude Bell, English archaeologist and spy (b. 1868)
- 1929 » Robert Henri, American painter and educator (b. 1865)
- 1931 » Nathan Söderblom, Swedish archbishop, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1866)
- 1934 » Ole Evinrude, Norwegian-American inventor and businessman, invented the outboard motor (b. 1877)
- 1935 » Alfred Dreyfus, French colonel (b. 1859)
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