Riches to Rags Family Tree » Daniel Willis (1817-1896)
Personal data Daniel Willis
Source 1- He was born on June 27, 1817 in Telfair, Georgia, USA.
- He died on June 18, 1896 in Worth, Georgia, USA, he was 78 years old.
- A child of Benjamin Willis and Margaret Blansett Morrison
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Historical events
Birthday June 27, 1817
- The temperature on June 27, 1817 was about 19.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northeast. Weather type: omtrent betrokken onweer veel regen. 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 1817: Source: Wikipedia
- February 12 » An Argentine/Chilean patriotic army, after crossing the Andes, defeats Spanish troops at the Battle of Chacabuco.
- May 15 » Opening of the first private mental health hospital in the United States, the Asylum for the Relief of Persons Deprived of the Use of Their Reason (now Friends Hospital, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania).
- June 5 » The first Great Lakes steamer, the Frontenac, is launched.
- July 19 » Unsuccessful in his attempt to conquer the Kingdom of Hawaii for the Russian-American Company, Georg Anton Schäffer is forced to admit defeat and leave Kauai.
- October 16 » Simón Bolívar sentences Manuel Piar to death for challenging the racial-caste in Venezuela.
- November 3 » The Bank of Montreal, Canada's oldest chartered bank, opens in Montreal.
Day of death June 18, 1896
- The temperature on June 18, 1896 was about 18.7 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 94%. Source: KNMI
- Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
- Regentes Emma (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1898 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
- In The Netherlands , there was from May 9, 1894 to July 27, 1897 the cabinet Roëll, with Jonkheer mr. J. Roëll (oud-liberaal) as prime minister.
- In the year 1896: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
- January 28 » Walter Arnold of East Peckham, Kent, becomes the first person to be convicted of speeding. He was fined one shilling, plus costs, for speeding at 8mph (13km/h), thereby exceeding the contemporary speed limit of 2mph (3.2km/h).
- February 21 » An Englishman raised in Australia, Bob Fitzsimmons, fought an Irishman, Peter Maher, in an American promoted event which technically took place in Mexico, winning the 1896 World Heavyweight Championship in boxing.
- March 20 » With the approval of Emperor Guangxu, the Qing dynasty post office is opened, marking the beginning of a postal service in China.
- July 28 » The city of Miami, Florida is incorporated.
- August 17 » Bridget Driscoll became the first recorded case of a pedestrian killed in a collision with a motor car in the United Kingdom.
- November 27 » Also sprach Zarathustra by Richard Strauss is first performed.
Same birth/death day
- 1805 » Napoléon Coste, French guitarist and composer († 1883)
- 1806 » Augustus De Morgan, English mathematician and logician († 1871)
- 1812 » Anna Cabot Lowell Quincy Waterston, American writer († 1899)
- 1817 » Louise von François, German author († 1893)
- 1828 » Bryan O'Loghlen, Irish-Australian politician, 13th Premier of Victoria († 1905)
- 1838 » Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay, Indian journalist, author, and poet († 1894)
- 1866 » Prince Sigismund of Prussia (b. 1864)
- 1902 » Samuel Butler, English novelist, satirist, and critic (b. 1835)
- 1905 » Carmine Crocco, Italian soldier (b. 1830)
- 1916 » Max Immelmann, German lieutenant and pilot (b. 1890)
- 1917 » Titu Maiorescu, Romanian critic and politician, 23rd Prime Minister of Romania (b. 1840)
- 1922 » Jacobus Kapteyn, Dutch astronomer and academic (b. 1851)
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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/P2425.php : accessed April 30, 2025), "Daniel Willis (1817-1896)".