RanHam Tree » John C Ridgeway (1814-1889)
Personal data John C Ridgeway
Source 1- He was born on January 25, 1814 in Hardin County, Kentucky, Verenigde Staten.
- He died on November 26, 1889 in Jefferson, Iowa, United States, he was 75 years old.
- A child of John Caliph /Ridgway Ridgeway and Margaret Crume
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Birthday January 25, 1814
- The temperature on January 25, 1814 was about -3.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northwest. Weather type: betrokken sneeuw. 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 1814: Source: Wikipedia
- February 10 » Napoleonic Wars: The Battle of Champaubert ends in French victory over the Russians and the Prussians.
- April 4 » Napoleon abdicates for the first time and names his son Napoleon II as Emperor of the French.
- July 25 » War of 1812: An American attack on Canada is repulsed.
- July 26 » The Swedish–Norwegian War begins.
- December 14 » War of 1812: The Royal Navy seizes control of Lake Borgne, Louisiana.
- December 25 » Rev. Samuel Marsden holds the first Christian service on land in New Zealand at Rangihoua Bay.
Day of death November 26, 1889
- The temperature on November 26, 1889 was about 6.7 °C. There was 1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 12 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 68%. 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 April 21, 1888 to August 21, 1891 the cabinet Mackay, with Mr. A. baron Mackay (AR) as prime minister.
- In the year 1889: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
- January 8 » Herman Hollerith is issued US patent #395,791 for the 'Art of Applying Statistics' — his punched card calculator.
- January 15 » The Coca-Cola Company, then known as the Pemberton Medicine Company, is incorporated in Atlanta.
- May 2 » Menelik II, Emperor of Ethiopia, signs the Treaty of Wuchale, giving Italy control over Eritrea.
- June 3 » The first long-distance electric power transmission line in the United States is completed, running 14 miles (23km) between a generator at Willamette Falls and downtown Portland, Oregon.
- September 28 » The General Conference on Weights and Measures (CGPM) defines the length of a meter.
- November 8 » Montana is admitted as the 41st U.S. state.
Same birth/death day
- 1813 » J. Marion Sims, American gynecologist and physician († 1883)
- 1816 » Anna Gardner, American abolitionist and teacher († 1901)
- 1822 » Charles Reed Bishop, American businessman, philanthropist, and politician, founded the Bishop Museum († 1915)
- 1822 » William McDougall, Canadian lawyer and politician, Lieutenant Governor of the Northwest Territories († 1905)
- 1823 » José María Iglesias, Mexican politician and interim President (1876–1877) († 1891)
- 1824 » Michael Madhusudan Dutt, Indian poet and playwright († 1873)
- 1882 » Otto Theodor von Manteuffel, Prussian lawyer and politician, Minister President of Prussia (b. 1805)
- 1883 » Sojourner Truth, American activist (b. 1797)
- 1885 » Thomas Andrews, Irish chemist and physicist (b. 1813)
- 1892 » Charles Lavigerie, French cardinal and academic (b. 1825)
- 1895 » George Edward Dobson, Irish zoologist, photographer, and surgeon (b. 1848)
- 1896 » Coventry Patmore, English poet and critic (b. 1823)
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Randy James Hammock, "RanHam Tree", database, Genealogy Online (https://www.genealogieonline.nl/ranham-tree/P2571.php : accessed September 27, 2026), "John C Ridgeway (1814-1889)".