Olson's Tree » George Grosvenor Coit (1873-1885)
Personal data George Grosvenor Coit
Source 1- He was born on September 29, 1873 in Norwich, New London, Connecticut, USA.
- He died on October 5, 1885 in Norwich, New London, Connecticut, USA, he was 12 years old.
- A child of George Douglass Coit and Frances Henrietta Dana
Household of George Grosvenor Coit
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Birthday September 29, 1873
- The temperature on September 29, 1873 was about 14.7 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the north-northeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 56%. 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 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 1873: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
- March 3 » Censorship in the United States: The U.S. Congress enacts the Comstock Law, making it illegal to send any "obscene literature and articles of immoral use" through the mail.
- March 22 » The Spanish National Assembly abolishes slavery in Puerto Rico.
- May 23 » The Canadian Parliament establishes the North-West Mounted Police, the forerunner of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.
- July 1 » Prince Edward Island joins into Canadian Confederation.
- August 30 » Austrian explorers Julius von Payer and Karl Weyprecht discover the archipelago of Franz Josef Land in the Arctic Sea.
- October 3 » Chief Kintpuash and companions are hanged for their part in the Modoc War of northern California.
Day of death October 5, 1885
- The temperature on October 5, 1885 was about 9.8 °C. There was 2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 22 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 93%. 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 April 23, 1884 to April 21, 1888 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) as prime minister.
- In the year 1885: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
- February 18 » Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain is published in the United States.
- March 3 » The American Telephone & Telegraph Company is incorporated in New York.
- April 24 » American sharpshooter Annie Oakley is hired by Nate Salsbury to be a part of Buffalo Bill's Wild West.
- April 30 » Governor of New York David B. Hill signs legislation creating the Niagara Reservation, New York's first state park, ensuring that Niagara Falls will not be devoted solely to industrial and commercial use.
- June 17 » The Statue of Liberty arrives in New York Harbor.
- September 29 » The first practical public electric tramway in the world is opened in Blackpool, England.
Same birth/death day
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- 1876 » Charlie Llewellyn, South African cricketer († 1964)
- 1880 » Liberato Pinto, Portuguese colonel and politician, 79th Prime Minister of Portugal († 1949)
- 1881 » Ludwig von Mises, Austrian-American economist, sociologist, and philosopher († 1973)
- 1882 » Lilias Armstrong, English phonetician († 1937)
- 1861 » Antoni Melchior Fijałkowski, Polish archbishop (b. 1778)
- 1880 » Jacques Offenbach, German-French cellist and composer (b. 1819)
- 1885 » Thomas C. Durant, American railroad tycoon (b. 1820)
- 1895 » Ralph Tollemache, English priest (b. 1826)
- 1913 » Hans von Bartels, German painter and educator (b. 1856)
- 1914 » Albert Solomon, Australian politician, 23rd Premier of Tasmania (b. 1876)
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Charles Olson, "Olson's Tree", database, Genealogy Online (https://www.genealogieonline.nl/olsons-tree/P9184.php : accessed October 19, 2026), "George Grosvenor Coit (1873-1885)".