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Personal data William Waldorf Astor 1st Viscount 

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Household of William Waldorf Astor 1st Viscount

He is married to Mary Dahlgren Paul.

They got married on June 6, 1878 at Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, he was 30 years old.


Child(ren):

  1. Waldorf Astor  1879-1952 
  2. John Rudolf Astor  1881-1881
  3. John Jacob Astor  1886-1971

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    Birthday March 31, 1848

    • The temperature on March 31, 1848 was about 13.0 °C. There was 440 mm of rainWind direction mainly northeast. Weather type: betrokken. Special wheather fenomena: . 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 November 21, 1848 till November 1, 1849 the Netherlands had a cabinet De Kempenaer - Donker Curtius with the prime ministers Mr. J.M. de Kempenaer (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. D. Donker Curtius (conservatief-liberaal).
    • In the year 1848: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 3.1 million citizens.
      • January 31 » John C. Frémont is court-martialed for mutiny and disobeying orders.
      • March 23 » The ship John Wickliffe arrives at Port Chalmers carrying the first Scottish settlers for Dunedin, New Zealand. Otago province is founded.
      • May 19 » Mexican–American War: Mexico ratifies the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo thus ending the war and ceding California, Nevada, Utah and parts of four other modern-day U.S. states to the United States for US$15million.
      • June 2 » The Slavic congress in Prague begins.
      • July 29 » Irish Potato Famine: Tipperary Revolt: In County Tipperary, Ireland, then in the United Kingdom, an unsuccessful nationalist revolt against British rule is put down by police.
      • September 12 » A new constitution marks the establishment of Switzerland as a federal state.

    Day of marriage June 6, 1878

    • The temperature on June 6, 1878 was about 10.6 °C. The airpressure was 77 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 year 1878: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
      • January 9 » Umberto I becomes King of Italy.
      • February 21 » The first telephone directory is issued in New Haven, Connecticut.
      • March 15 » Restoration of the Scottish Catholic hierarchy, broken off back in 1603.
      • May 25 » Gilbert and Sullivan's comic opera H.M.S. Pinafore opens at the Opera Comique in London.
      • June 10 » League of Prizren is established, to oppose the decisions of the Congress of Berlin and the Treaty of San Stefano, as a consequence of which the Albanian lands in the Balkans were being partitioned and given to the neighbor states of Serbia, Montenegro, Bulgaria, and Greece.
      • October 22 » The Bramall Lane stadium sees the first rugby match played under floodlights.

    Day of death October 18, 1919

    • The temperature on October 18, 1919 was between 5.8 °C and 14.5 °C and averaged 10.1 °C. There was 0.7 hours of sunshine (7%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-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 1919: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 6.7 million citizens.
      • February 21 » German socialist Kurt Eisner is assassinated. His death results in the establishment of the Bavarian Soviet Republic and parliament and government fleeing Munich, Germany.
      • March 1 » March 1st Movement begins in Korea under Japanese rule.
      • March 2 » The first Communist International meets in Moscow.
      • May 15 » The Winnipeg general strike begins. By 11:00, almost the whole working population of Winnipeg had walked off the job.
      • June 14 » John Alcock and Arthur Whitten Brown depart from St. John's, Newfoundland on the first nonstop transatlantic flight.
      • December 17 » Uruguay becomes a signatory to the Buenos Aires copyright treaty.
    

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