Olson's Tree » William Craig Wharton (1811-1891)
Personal data William Craig Wharton
Source 1- He was born on May 7, 1811 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.
- He died on May 22, 1891 in Somerville, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA, he was 80 years old.
- A child of John Wharton and Nancy Graig
Household of William Craig Wharton
He is married to Nancy Willing Spring.
They got married May 11, 1844, he was 32 years old.
Child(ren):
- Nancy Craig Wharton 1845-1921
- Edward Robbins Wharton 1850-1928
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Birthday May 7, 1811
- The temperature on May 7, 1811 was about 8.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east-southeast. Weather type: betrokken. 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).
- In the year 1811: Source: Wikipedia
- January 8 » An unsuccessful slave revolt is led by Charles Deslondes in the north American settlements of St. Charles and St. James, Louisiana.
- June 16 » Survivors of an attack the previous day by Tla-o-qui-aht on board the Pacific Fur Company's ship Tonquin, intentionally detonate a powder magazine on the ship, destroying it and killing about 100attackers.
- July 5 » The Venezuelan Declaration of Independence is adopted by a congress of the provinces.
- July 9 » Explorer David Thompson posts a sign near what is now Sacajawea State Park in Washington state, claiming the Columbia District for the United Kingdom.
- November 7 » Tecumseh's War: The Battle of Tippecanoe is fought near present-day Battle Ground, Indiana, United States.
- November 28 » Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat major, Op. 73, premieres at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig.
Day of death May 22, 1891
- The temperature on May 22, 1891 was about 12.1 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 81%. 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 April 21, 1888 to August 21, 1891 the cabinet Mackay, with Mr. A. baron Mackay (AR) as prime minister.
- In The Netherlands , there was from August 21, 1891 to May 9, 1894 the cabinet Van Tienhoven, with Mr. G. van Tienhoven (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
- In the year 1891: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
- March 17 » SSUtopia collides with HMSAnson in the Bay of Gibraltar and sinks, killing 562 of the 880 passengers on board.
- May 5 » The Music Hall in New York City (later known as Carnegie Hall) has its grand opening and first public performance, with Tchaikovsky as the guest conductor.
- May 16 » The International Electrotechnical Exhibition opens in Frankfurt, Germany, and will feature the world's first long-distance transmission of high-power, three-phase electric current (the most common form today).
- July 26 » France annexes Tahiti.
- August 24 » Thomas Edison patents the motion picture camera.
- October 1 » Stanford University opens its doors in California, United States.
Same birth/death day
- 1787 » Jacques Viger, Canadian archaeologist and politician, 1st mayor of Montreal († 1858)
- 1812 » Robert Browning, English poet and playwright († 1889)
- 1833 » Johannes Brahms, German pianist and composer († 1897)
- 1836 » Joseph Gurney Cannon, American lawyer and politician, 40th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives († 1926)
- 1837 » Karl Mauch, German geographer and explorer († 1875)
- 1840 » Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Russian composer and educator († 1893)
- 1859 » Ferdinand II of the Two Sicilies (b. 1810)
- 1861 » Thornsbury Bailey Brown, American soldier (b. 1829)
- 1868 » Julius Plücker, German mathematician and physicist (b. 1801)
- 1885 » Victor Hugo, French novelist, poet, and playwright (b. 1802)
- 1901 » Gaetano Bresci, Italian-American anarchist, assassin of Umberto I of Italy (b. 1869)
- 1910 » Jules Renard, French author and playwright (b. 1864)
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Charles Olson, "Olson's Tree", database, Genealogy Online (https://www.genealogieonline.nl/olsons-tree/P8365.php : accessed January 6, 2026), "William Craig Wharton (1811-1891)".