RanHam Tree » Seth Smith (1787-1865)
Personal data Seth Smith
Source 1- He was born on August 27, 1787 in Manchester, Bennington, Vermont, USA.
- He died on December 24, 1865 in Manchester, Bennington, Vermont, USA, he was 78 years old.
- A child of John SMITH and Mary (Molly) Bull
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Historical events
Birthday August 27, 1787
- The temperature on August 27, 1787 was about 13.0 °C. There was 22 mm of rainWind direction mainly northwest. Weather type: betrokken regen. 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 1787: Source: Wikipedia
- January 11 » William Herschel discovers Titania and Oberon, two moons of Uranus.
- February 3 » Militia led by General Benjamin Lincoln crush the remnants of Shays' Rebellion in Petersham, Massachusetts.
- May 13 » Captain Arthur Phillip leaves Portsmouth, England, with eleven ships full of convicts (the "First Fleet") to establish a penal colony in Australia.
- May 25 » After a delay of 11 days, the United States Constitutional Convention formally convenes in Philadelphia after a quorum of seven states is secured.
- October 1 » Russians under Alexander Suvorov defeat the Turks at Kinburn.
- December 18 » New Jersey becomes the third state to ratify the U.S. Constitution.
Day of death December 24, 1865
- The temperature on December 24, 1865 was about -1.9 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 98%. 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.
- January 15 » American Civil War: Fort Fisher in North Carolina falls to the Union, thus cutting off the last major seaport of the Confederacy.
- May 1 » The Empire of Brazil, Argentina, and Uruguay sign the Treaty of the Triple Alliance.
- July 7 » Four conspirators in the assassination of Abraham Lincoln are hanged.
- July 27 » Welsh settlers arrive at Chubut in Argentina.
- August 12 » Joseph Lister, British surgeon and scientist, performs 1st antiseptic surgery.
- November 18 » Mark Twain's short story "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County" is published in the New York Saturday Press.
Same birth/death day
- 1770 » Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, German philosopher and academic († 1831)
- 1785 » Agustín Gamarra, Peruvian general and politician, 10th and 14th President of Peru († 1841)
- 1795 » Giorgio Mitrovich, Maltese politician († 1885)
- 1803 » Edward Beecher, American minister and theologian († 1895)
- 1809 » Hannibal Hamlin, American publisher and politician, 15th Vice President of the United States († 1891)
- 1812 » Bertalan Szemere, Hungarian poet and politician, 3rd Prime Minister of Hungary († 1869)
- 1863 » William Makepeace Thackeray, English author and poet (b. 1811)
- 1865 » Charles Lock Eastlake, English painter and historian (b. 1793)
- 1867 » José Mariano Salas, Mexican general and politician. President of Mexico (1846, 1859) and regent of the Second Mexican Empire(b. 1797)
- 1868 » Adolphe d'Archiac, French paleontologist and geologist (b. 1802)
- 1872 » William John Macquorn Rankine, Scottish physicist and engineer (b. 1820)
- 1873 » Johns Hopkins, American businessman and philanthropist (b. 1795)
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Randy James Hammock, "RanHam Tree", database, Genealogy Online (https://www.genealogieonline.nl/ranham-tree/P2873.php : accessed December 31, 2025), "Seth Smith (1787-1865)".