Purvis Farquhar » Matthew White Ridley (1842-1904)

Personal data Matthew White Ridley 


Household of Matthew White Ridley

He is married to Mary Georgiana Marjoribanks.

They got married on December 10, 1873, he was 31 years old.


Child(ren):

  1. Grace Ridley  1889-1959 
  2. Jaspar Nicholas Ridley  1887-1951 
  3. Stella Ridley  1884-1973 

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    Birthday July 25, 1842

    • The temperature on July 25, 1842 was about 14.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north-northwest. Weather type: helder. 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 1842: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 3.1 million citizens.
      • February 21 » John Greenough is granted the first U.S. patent for the sewing machine.
      • March 30 » Ether anesthesia is used for the first time, in an operation by the American surgeon Dr. Crawford Long.
      • May 8 » A train derails and catches fire in Paris, killing between 52 and 200 people.
      • August 1 » The Lombard Street riot erupts in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.
      • November 26 » The University of Notre Dame is founded.
      • December 7 » First concert of the New York Philharmonic, founded by Ureli Corelli Hill.

    Day of marriage December 10, 1873

    • The temperature on December 10, 1873 was about 2.1 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 94%. 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.
      • February 18 » Bulgarian revolutionary leader Vasil Levski is executed by hanging in Sofia by the Ottoman authorities.
      • July 1 » Prince Edward Island joins into Canadian Confederation.
      • July 21 » At Adair, Iowa, Jesse James and the James–Younger Gang pull off the first successful train robbery in the American Old West.
      • August 2 » The Clay Street Hill Railroad begins operating the first cable car in San Francisco's famous cable car system.
      • August 23 » Albert Bridge in Chelsea, London opens.
      • October 9 » A meeting at the U.S. Naval Academy establishes the U.S. Naval Institute.

    Day of death November 28, 1904

    • The temperature on November 28, 1904 was between -3.0 °C and 2.8 °C and averaged 0.7 °C. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. 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 August 1, 1901 to August 16, 1905 the cabinet Kuijper, with Dr. A. Kuijper (AR) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1904: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 5.4 million citizens.
      • January 7 » The distress signal "CQD" is established only to be replaced two years later by "SOS".
      • January 17 » Anton Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard receives its premiere performance at the Moscow Art Theatre.
      • April 5 » The first international rugby league match is played between England and an Other Nationalities team (Welsh and Scottish players) in Central Park, Wigan, England.
      • April 8 » Longacre Square in Midtown Manhattan is renamed Times Square after The New York Times.
      • May 15 » Russo-Japanese War: The Russian minelayer Amur lays a minefield about 15 miles off Port Arthur and sinks Japan's battleships Hatsuse, 15,000 tons, with 496 crew and Yashima.
      • June 16 » Eugen Schauman assassinates Nikolay Bobrikov, Governor-General of Finland.
    

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