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Personal data Robert Louis Stevenson 

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  • He was born on June 8, 1772 in Glasgow, Lanark, Scotland.
  • Profession: Civil engineer, Engineer.
  • Education:
    • Nationality: Scotland.
    • Resident: Glasgow.
    • He died on July 12, 1850 in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland, he was 78 years old.
    • He is buried in New Calton Cemy, Edinburgh, Scotland.
    • A child of Allan Stevenson and Jean Lilly

    Household of Robert Louis Stevenson

    (1) He has/had a relationship with Jane Smith.


    Child(ren):

    1. Alan Stevenson  1807-1865
    2. David Stevenson  1815-1886
    3. Thomas Stevenson  1818-1887 


    (2) He is married to Margaret Ramsay.

    They got married


    Child(ren):

    1. Janet Stevenson  1798-????

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    Ancestors (and descendant) of Robert Louis Stevenson

    David Lillie
    ± 1725-1774
    Jean Lilly
    ± 1751-1820

    Robert Louis Stevenson
    1772-1850

    (1) 

    Jane Smith

    Alan Stevenson
    1807-1865
    David Stevenson
    1815-1886
    Thomas Stevenson
    1818-1887
    (2) 

    Margaret Ramsay
    ± 1776-????

    Janet Stevenson
    1798-????

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      1. Scotland, Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950, via https://www.myheritage.com/research/reco...
        Robert Stevenson<br>Gender: Male<br>Indexing Project (Batch) Number: C11982-1<br>System Origin: Scotland-ODM<br>GS Film number: 1066688
      2. FamilySearch Family Tree
        Robert Stevenson<br>Gender: Male<br>Birth: Circa 1772 - of Gorbals, Lanark, Scot.<br>Marriage: Spouse: Margaret Ramsay - not md<br>Wife: <br>Daughter: Janet Stevenson
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        Robert Stevenson<br>Gender: Male<br>Birth: June 8 1772 - Glasgow<br>Death: July 12 1850 - Edinburgh<br>Nationality: Scotland<br>Occupations: Civil engineer, Engineer<br>Residence: Glasgow<br>Education: University of Edinburgh<br>Education: University of Strathclyde<br>Education: University of Glasgow<br>  Relatives:
        Relation Name Birth
        Son Thomas Stevenson July 22 1818
        Son Alan Stevenson 1807
        Son David Stevenson Jan 11 1815
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      Birthday June 8, 1772

      • The temperature on June 8, 1772 was about 17.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northwest. Weather type: omtrent helder. Source: KNMI
      • Erfstadhouder Prins Willem V (Willem Batavus) (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1751 till 1795 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
      • In the year 1772: Source: Wikipedia
        • January 1 » The first traveler's cheques, which could be used in 90 European cities, were issued by the London Credit Exchange Company.
        • June 9 » The British schooner Gaspee is burned in Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island.
        • June 12 » French explorer Marc-Joseph Marion du Fresne and 25 of his men killed by Māori in New Zealand.
        • August 19 » Gustav III of Sweden stages a coup d'état, in which he assumes power and enacts a new constitution that divides power between the Riksdag and the King.
        • August 21 » King Gustav III completes his coup d'état by adopting a new Constitution, ending half a century of parliamentary rule in Sweden and installing himself as an enlightened despot.
        • September 1 » The Mission San Luis Obispo de Tolosa is founded in San Luis Obispo, California.

      Day of death July 12, 1850

      • The temperature on July 12, 1850 was about 14.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north-northwest. Weather type: betrokken. Source: KNMI
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        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 Netherlands , there was from November 1, 1849 to April 19, 1853 the cabinet Thorbecke I, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
      • In the year 1850: Source: Wikipedia
        • The Netherlands had about 3.1 million citizens.
        • March 5 » The Britannia Bridge across the Menai Strait between the island of Anglesey and the mainland of Wales is opened.
        • May 15 » The Arana–Southern Treaty is ratified, ending "the existing differences" between Great Britain and Argentina.
        • June 29 » Autocephaly officially granted by the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople to the Church of Greece.
        • July 9 » Persian prophet Báb is executed in Tabriz, Persia.
        • September 9 » California is admitted as the thirty-first U.S. state.
        • November 29 » The treaty, Punctation of Olmütz, is signed in Olomouc. Prussia capitulates to Austria, which will take over the leadership of the German Confederation.
      

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