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Personal data Alan Stevenson 

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  • He was born on April 28, 1807 in Edinburgh Parish, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland.
  • He was christened in Edinburgh Parish, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland.
  • Profession: Civil engineer, Engineer in Civil Engineer.
  • Nationality: Scotland.
  • Resident in the year 1807: Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland.
  • He died on December 23, 1865 in Portobello, Edinburgh, Scotland, he was 58 years old.
  • He is buried in New Calton Cemy, Edinburgh, Scotland.
  • A child of Robert Louis Stevenson and Jane Smith

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Jean Lilly
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1807-1865


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    1. Scotland, Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950
      Allan Stevenson<br>Gender: Male<br>Birth: Apr 28 1807 - Edinburgh Parish, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland<br>Father: Robert Stevenson<br>Mother: Jane Smith<br>Indexing Project (Batch) Number: C11982-1<br>System Origin: Scotland-ODM<br>GS Film number: 1066688
    2. Biographical Summaries of Notable People
      Alan Stevenson<br>Gender: Male<br>Birth: 1807 - Scotland<br>Death: 1865 - Portobello<br>Nationality: Scotland<br>Occupations: Civil engineer, Engineer<br>Residence: Edinburgh<br>Education: University of Edinburgh<br>  Relatives:
      Relation Name Birth
      Father Robert Stevenson June 8 1772
      Brother Thomas Stevenson July 22 1818
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    Birthday April 28, 1807

    • The temperature on April 28, 1807 was about 14.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west-northwest. Weather type: zeer 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 year 1807: Source: Wikipedia
      • February 5 » HMS Blenheim and HMS Java disappear off the coast of Rodrigues.
      • May 22 » A grand jury indicts former Vice President of the United States Aaron Burr on a charge of treason.
      • June 22 » In the Chesapeake–Leopard Affair, the British warship HMSLeopard attacks and boards the American frigate USSChesapeake.
      • June 28 » Second British invasion of the Río de la Plata; John Whitelocke lands at Ensenada on an attempt to recapture Buenos Aires and is defeated by the locals.
      • July 20 » Nicéphore Niépce is awarded a patent by Napoleon for the Pyréolophore, the world's first internal combustion engine, after it successfully powered a boat upstream on the river Saône in France.
      • December 22 » The Embargo Act, forbidding trade with all foreign countries, is passed by the U.S. Congress, at the urging of President Thomas Jefferson.

    Day of death December 23, 1865

    • The temperature on December 23, 1865 was about -1.4 °C. The air pressure was 0.5 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south east. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 96%. 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 February 1, 1862 to February 10, 1866 the cabinet Thorbecke II, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1865: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
      • April 1 » American Civil War: Union troops led by Philip Sheridan decisively defeat Confederate troops led by George Pickett, cutting the Army of Northern Virginia's last supply line.
      • April 2 » American Civil War: Defeat at the Third Battle of Petersburg forces the Army of Northern Virginia and the Confederate government to abandon Richmond, Virginia.
      • April 3 » American Civil War: Union forces capture Richmond, Virginia, the capital of the Confederate States of America.
      • July 27 » Welsh settlers arrive at Chubut in Argentina.
      • November 10 » Major Henry Wirz, the superintendent of a prison camp in Andersonville, Georgia, is hanged, becoming one of only three American Civil War soldiers executed for war crimes.
      • November 11 » Treaty of Sinchula is signed whereby Bhutan cedes the areas east of the Teesta River to the British East India Company.
    

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