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Personal data William Garden Blaikie 

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  • He was born on February 2, 1820 in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, United Kingdom.
  • He was christened on February 5, 1820 in Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.
  • Resident:
    • about 1843: Drumblade, Scotland, United Kingdom.
    • in the year 1844: 2 Pilrig Place, Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom.
    • between 1845 and 1852: 8 Pilrig Street, Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom.
    • between 1853 and 1868: 25 Pilrig Street, Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom.
    • between 1869 and 1897: 9 Palmerston Road, Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom.
    • between 1873 and 1899: 2 Tantallon Terrace, North Berwick, Scotland, United Kingdom.
    • between 1877 and 1887: Melbourne Park, North Berwick, Scotland, United Kingdom.
  • He died on June 13, 1899 in Dundee, Forfarshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, he was 79 years old.
  • A child of James Ogilvie Blaikie and Jane Garden

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Jane Garden
1794-1857

William Garden Blaikie
1820-1899


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    Rev. Prof. William Garden Blaikie LL.D., D.D.<br>Gender: Male<br>Birth: Feb 2 1820 - Aberdeenshire, Scotland, United Kingdom<br>Christening: Feb 5 1820 - Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland<br>Marriage: Spouse: Margaret Catharine Biggar - May 20 1845 - 15 Claremont Crescent, Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom<br>Marriage: May 23 1845 - Dundee, Forfarshire, Scotland, United Kingdom<br>Residence: Between 1842 and 1843 - Drumblade, Scotland, United Kingdom<br>Residence: 1844 - 2 Pilrig Place, Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom<br>Residence: Between 1845 and 1852 - 8 Pilrig Street, Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom<br>Residence: Between 1853 and 1868 - 25 Pilrig Street, Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom<br>Residence: Between 1869 and 1897 - 9 Palmerston Road, Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom<br>Residence: Between 1873 and 1899 - 2 Tantallon Terrace, North Berwick, Scotland, United Kingdom<br>Residence: Between 1877 and 1887 - Melbourne Park, North Berwick, Scotland, United Kingdom<br>Death: June 11 1899 - 2 Tantallon Terrace, North Berwick, Scotland, United Kingdom<br>Death: June 12 1899 - Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland, United Kingdom<br>Death: June 12 1899 - Dundee, Forfarshire, Scotland, United Kingdom<br>Death: June 13 1899 - Dundee, Forfarshire, Scotland, United Kingdom<br>Burial: 1899 - Saint Cuthbert's Churchyard, Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom<br>Parents: James Ogilvie Blaikie, Jane Blaikie (born Garden)<br>Wife: Margaret Catharine Blaikie (born Biggar)<br>Children: James Andrew Blaikie, Walter Biggar Blaikie LL.D., D.L., William Francis Garden Blaikie, Anne Louisa Catherine Murdoch (born Blaikie), Blaikie, Jane Helen Blaikie, Blaikie, John Adrian Blaikie, Dr Robert Henry Blaikie, Alfred Edward Blaikie, Alice Margaret MacKenzie (born Blaikie), Charles Louis Blaikie, Alan Keith Blaikie, Margaret Blaikie<br>Siblings: John Blaikie, Elizabeth Davidson (born Blaikie), Frances Grace Balfour (born Blaikie), James Andrew Blaikie, Anthony Adrian Blaikie, Helen Blaikie, Jane Garden Sutherland (born Blaikie), Alexander Francis Blaikie, Jemima Foster (born Blaikie)<br>  Additional information:

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Historical events

Birthday February 2, 1820

  • The temperature on February 2, 1820 was about 0 °C. Wind direction mainly east. Weather type: half bewolkt. 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 1820: Source: Wikipedia
    • January 27 » A Russian expedition led by Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen and Mikhail Petrovich Lazarev discovers the Antarctic continent, approaching the Antarctic coast.
    • March 3 » The U.S. Congress passes the Missouri Compromise.
    • May 1 » Execution of the Cato Street Conspirators, who plotted to kill the British Cabinet and Prime Minister Lord Liverpool.
    • August 24 » Constitutionalist insurrection at Oporto, Portugal.
    • November 17 » Captain Nathaniel Palmer becomes the first American to see Antarctica. (The Palmer Peninsula is later named after him.)
    • November 20 » An 80-ton sperm whale attacks and sinks the Essex (a whaling ship from Nantucket, Massachusetts) 2,000 miles from the western coast of South America. (Herman Melville's 1851 novel Moby-Dick is in part inspired by this story.)

Christening day February 5, 1820

  • The temperature on February 5, 1820 was about 2.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south-southwest. Weather type: half bewolkt omtrent 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 1820: Source: Wikipedia
    • January 30 » Edward Bransfield sights the Trinity Peninsula and claims the discovery of Antarctica.
    • February 6 » The first 86 African American immigrants sponsored by the American Colonization Society depart New York to start a settlement in present-day Liberia.
    • February 23 » Cato Street Conspiracy: A plot to murder all the British cabinet ministers is exposed.
    • March 6 » The Missouri Compromise is signed into law by President James Monroe. The compromise allows Missouri to enter the Union as a slave state, brings Maine into the Union as a free state, and makes the rest of the northern part of the Louisiana Purchase territory slavery-free.
    • April 8 » The Venus de Milo is discovered on the Aegean island of Milos.
    • October 9 » Guayaquil declares independence from Spain.

Day of death June 13, 1899

  • The temperature on June 13, 1899 was about 12.1 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 67%. 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 July 27, 1897 to August 1, 1901 the cabinet Pierson, with Mr. N.G. Pierson (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1899: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
    • February 4 » The Philippine–American War begins with the Battle of Manila.
    • February 16 » Iceland's first football club, Knattspyrnufélag Reykjavíkur, is founded.
    • March 4 » Cyclone Mahina sweeps in north of Cooktown, Queensland, with a 12 metres (39ft) wave that reaches up to 5 kilometres (3.1mi) inland, killing over 300.
    • March 31 » Malolos, capital of the First Philippine Republic, is captured by American forces.
    • July 26 » Ulises Heureaux, the 27th President of the Dominican Republic, is assassinated.
    • September 23 » The American Asiatic Squadron destroys a Filipino battery at the Battle of Olongapo.


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