RanHam Tree » William Maxwell (1814-1885)
Personal data William Maxwell
Source 1- He was born on December 27, 1814 in Barnesville, Belmont, Ohio, USA.
- He died on May 16, 1885 in Athens, Athens, Ohio, USA, he was 70 years old.
- A child of John M Maxwell and Nancy Marshal
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Birthday December 27, 1814
- The temperature on December 27, 1814 was about -3.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east. 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
- July 13 » The Carabinieri, the national gendarmerie of Italy, is established.
- July 25 » War of 1812: An American attack on Canada is repulsed.
- August 24 » British troops invade Washington, D.C. and during the Burning of Washington the White House, the Capitol and many other buildings are set ablaze.
- September 11 » War of 1812: The climax of the Battle of Plattsburgh, a major United States victory in the war.
- November 28 » The Times of London becomes the first newspaper to be produced on a steam-powered printing press, built by the German team of Koenig & Bauer.
- December 24 » Representatives of the United Kingdom and the United States sign the Treaty of Ghent, ending the War of 1812.
Day of death May 16, 1885
- The temperature on May 16, 1885 was about 10.3 °C. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 67%. 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 23, 1884 to April 21, 1888 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) as prime minister.
- In the year 1885: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
- January 1 » Twenty-five nations adopt Sandford Fleming's proposal for standard time (and also, time zones).
- April 30 » Governor of New York David B. Hill signs legislation creating the Niagara Reservation, New York's first state park, ensuring that Niagara Falls will not be devoted solely to industrial and commercial use.
- May 1 » The original Chicago Board of Trade Building opens for business.
- July 1 » The Congo Free State is established by King Leopold II of Belgium.
- September 29 » The first practical public electric tramway in the world is opened in Blackpool, England.
- December 28 » Indian National Congress, a political party of India, is founded in Bombay Presidency, British India.
Same birth/death day
- 1797 » Ghalib, Indian poet († 1869)
- 1803 » François-Marie-Thomas Chevalier de Lorimier, Canadian activist († 1839)
- 1809 » Alexandros Rizos Rangavis, Greek poet and politician, Foreign Minister of Greece († 1892)
- 1822 » Louis Pasteur, French chemist and microbiologist († 1895)
- 1823 » Mackenzie Bowell, English-Canadian journalist and politician, 5th Prime Minister of Canada († 1917)
- 1827 » Stanisław Mieroszewski, Polish-born politician, writer, historian and member of the Imperial Council of Austria († 1900)
- 1862 » Edward Gibbon Wakefield, English politician (b. 1796)
- 1882 » Reuben Chapman, American lawyer and politician, 13th Governor of Alabama (b. 1799)
- 1890 » Mihkel Veske, Estonian poet, linguist and theologist (b. 1843)
- 1891 » Ion C. Brătianu, Romanian politician, 14th Prime Minister of Romania (b. 1821)
- 1910 » Henri-Edmond Cross, French Neo-Impressionist painter (b. 1856)
- 1913 » Louis Perrier, Swiss architect and politician (b. 1849)
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Randy James Hammock, "RanHam Tree", database, Genealogy Online (https://www.genealogieonline.nl/ranham-tree/P3312.php : accessed December 27, 2025), "William Maxwell (1814-1885)".