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Robert Alonzo Brock
1839-1914


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  1. U.S., Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, Historical Data Systems, comp / Ancestry.com
  2. Web: BillionGraves.com Burial Index, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
  3. U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970, Ancestry.com, Volume: 8; SAR Membership Number: 1566 / Ancestry.ca
  4. Web: Virginia, Find A Grave Index, 1607-2012, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
  5. Blandford/Branes-Austin Family Tree, Clements Family Tree. (Owner: lizclementsmims) / Ancestry.ca

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Birthday March 9, 1839

  • The temperature on March 9, 1839 was about -1 °C. Wind direction mainly east. Weather type: betrokken sneeuw. Source: KNMI
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    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 1839: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 2.9 million citizens.
    • January 9 » The French Academy of Sciences announces the Daguerreotype photography process.
    • January 20 » In the Battle of Yungay, Chile defeats an alliance between Peru and Bolivia.
    • April 19 » The Treaty of London establishes Belgium as a kingdom and guarantees its neutrality.
    • July 2 » Twenty miles off the coast of Cuba, 53 kidnapped Africans led by Joseph Cinqué mutiny and take over the slave ship Amistad.
    • August 23 » The United Kingdom captures Hong Kong as a base as it prepares for the First Opium War with Qing China.
    • September 5 » The United Kingdom declares war on the Qing dynasty of China.

Day of death July 12, 1914

  • The temperature on July 12, 1914 was between 14.8 °C and 27.9 °C and averaged 22.3 °C. There was 13.3 hours of sunshine (81%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from August 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1914: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 6.2 million citizens.
    • May 29 » The Ocean liner RMSEmpress of Ireland sinks in the Gulf of Saint Lawrence with the loss of 1,012 lives.
    • July 11 » Babe Ruth makes his debut in Major League Baseball.
    • August 4 » In response to the German invasion of Belgium, Belgium and the British Empire declare war on Germany. The United States declares its neutrality.
    • August 15 » The Panama Canal opens to traffic with the transit of the cargo ship SSAncon.
    • October 9 » World War I: The Siege of Antwerp comes to an end.
    • November 28 » World War I: Following a war-induced closure in July, the New York Stock Exchange re-opens for bond trading.


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