Riches to Rags Family Tree » Matthew Bryant Williams (1818-1885)
Personal data Matthew Bryant Williams
Source 1- Alternative name: Matthew Williams
- He was born on February 6, 1818 in Cumberland, Cumberland, North Carolina, United States.
- Alternative: He was born on February 6, 1818 in Cumberland, Cumberland Co., North Carolina.
- He died on April 7, 1885 in Moore, North Carolina, United States, he was 67 years old.
- Alternative: He died on April 7, 1885 in Moore County, North Carolina, Verenigde Staten, he was 67 years old.
- A child of Joel Maxwell Williams and Margaret Eliza McAlister
Household of Matthew Bryant Williams
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Historical events
Birthday February 6, 1818
- The temperature on February 6, 1818 was about 1.0 °C. Wind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: betrokken mist. 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 1818: Source: Wikipedia
- January 15 » A paper by David Brewster is read to the Royal Society, belatedly announcing his discovery of what we now call the biaxial class of doubly-refracting crystals. On the same day, Augustin-Jean Fresnel signs a "supplement" (submitted four days later) on reflection of polarized light.
- February 5 » Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte ascends to the thrones of Sweden and Norway.
- February 12 » Bernardo O'Higgins formally approves the Chilean Declaration of Independence near Concepción, Chile.
- March 16 » In the Second Battle of Cancha Rayada, Spanish forces defeated Chileans under José de San Martín.
- March 30 » Physicist Augustin Fresnel reads a memoir on optical rotation to the French Academy of Sciences, reporting that when polarized light is "depolarized" by a Fresnel rhomb, its properties are preserved in any subsequent passage through an optically-rotating crystal or liquid.
- December 24 » The first performance of "Silent Night" takes place in the church of St. Nikolaus in Oberndorf, Austria.
Day of death April 7, 1885
- The temperature on April 7, 1885 was about 11.4 °C. The air pressure was 8 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the north-northeast. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 60%. 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.
- February 18 » Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain is published in the United States.
- April 2 » Canadian Cree warriors attack the village of Frog Lake, killing nine.
- April 24 » American sharpshooter Annie Oakley is hired by Nate Salsbury to be a part of Buffalo Bill's Wild West.
- May 2 » Cree and Assiniboine warriors win the Battle of Cut Knife, their largest victory over Canadian forces during the North-West Rebellion.
- August 29 » Gottlieb Daimler patents the world's first internal combustion motorcycle, the Reitwagen.
- November 17 » Serbo-Bulgarian War: The decisive Battle of Slivnitsa begins.
Same birth/death day
- 1811 » Henry Liddell, English priest, author, and academic († 1898)
- 1814 » Auguste Chapdelaine, French missionary and saint († 1856)
- 1818 » William M. Evarts, American lawyer and politician, 27th United States Secretary of State († 1901)
- 1820 » Thomas C. Durant, American railroad tycoon († 1885)
- 1829 » Joseph Auguste Émile Vaudremer, French architect, designed the La Santé Prison and Saint-Pierre-de-Montrouge († 1914)
- 1832 » John Brown Gordon, American general and politician, 53rd Governor of Georgia († 1904)
- 1868 » Thomas D'Arcy McGee, Irish-Canadian journalist, activist, and politician (b. 1825)
- 1879 » Begum Hazrat Mahal, Begum of Awadh, was the second wife of Nawab Wajid Ali Shah (b. 1820)
- 1885 » Karl Theodor Ernst von Siebold, German physiologist and zoologist (b. 1804)
- 1889 » Sebastián Lerdo de Tejada, Mexican politician and president, 1872-1876 (b. 1823)
- 1889 » Youssef Bey Karam, Lebanese soldier and politician (b. 1823)
- 1891 » P. T. Barnum, American businessman and politician, co-founded The Barnum & Bailey Circus (b. 1810)
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The Riches to Rags Family Tree publication was prepared by June Mcmurphy.
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June Mcmurphy, "Riches to Rags Family Tree", database, Genealogy Online (https://www.genealogieonline.nl/riches-to-rags-family-tree/P14214.php : accessed April 30, 2025), "Matthew Bryant Williams (1818-1885)".