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Personal data Benjamin BROOKS 


Household of Benjamin BROOKS

He has/had a relationship with Lydia Cordelia ALANSON.


Child(ren):

  1. John H BROOKS  1815-1862 

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Benjamin BROOKS

Nathan BROOKS
1712-1763
Susanna BACON
1710-1750
William CLARK
1718-± 1779
Jane SLARROW
1714-> 1799
David BROOKS
1743-1835

Benjamin BROOKS
1791-1864


Lydia Cordelia ALANSON
1785-1856

John H BROOKS
1815-1862

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Historical events

Birthday August 24, 1791

  • The temperature on August 24, 1791 was about 23.0 °C. There was 4 mm of rainWind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken. 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 1791: Source: Wikipedia
    • March 2 » Long-distance communication speeds up with the unveiling of a semaphore machine in Paris.
    • July 14 » The Priestley Riots drive Joseph Priestley, a supporter of the French Revolution, out of Birmingham, England.
    • July 17 » Members of the French National Guard under the command of General Lafayette open fire on a crowd of radical Jacobins at the Champ de Mars, Paris, during the French Revolution, killing scores of people.
    • August 21 » A Vodou ceremony, led by Dutty Boukman, turns into a violent slave rebellion, beginning the Haitian Revolution.
    • October 1 » First session of the French Legislative Assembly.
    • November 9 » Foundation of the Dublin Society of United Irishmen.

Day of death June 1, 1864

  • The temperature on June 1, 1864 was about 10.0 °C. There was 6 mm of rain. The air pressure was 0.5 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the north-northeast. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 90%. 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 1864: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
    • May 7 » The world's oldest surviving clipper ship, the City of Adelaide is launched by William Pile, Hay and Co. in Sunderland, England, for transporting passengers and goods between Britain and Australia.
    • August 17 » American Civil War: Battle of Gainesville: Confederate forces defeat Union troops near Gainesville, Florida.
    • August 22 » Twelve nations sign the First Geneva Convention, establishing the rules of protection of the victims of armed conflicts.
    • October 30 » The Treaty of Vienna is signed, by which Denmark relinquishes one province each to Prussia and Austria.
    • November 25 » American Civil War: A group of Confederate operatives calling themselves the Confederate Army of Manhattan starts fires in more than 20 locations in an unsuccessful attempt to burn down New York City.
    • December 22 » American Civil War: Savannah, Georgia, falls to the forces of General Sherman.


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