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Ancestors (and descendant) of GEORGE HARKNESS

Adam Harkness
1710-1793
Mary Gaskill
1719-1805

GEORGE HARKNESS
1782-1854


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    Historical events

    Birthday January 7, 1782

    • The temperature on January 7, 1782 was about 5.0 °C. There was 22 mm of rainWind direction mainly west-southwest. 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 1782: Source: Wikipedia
      • February 5 » Spanish defeat British forces and capture Menorca.
      • March 16 » American Revolutionary War: Spanish troops capture the British-held island of Roatán.
      • April 6 » King Buddha Yodfa Chulaloke (Rama I) of Siam (modern day Thailand) establishes the Chakri dynasty.
      • May 6 » Construction begins on the Grand Palace, the royal residence of the King of Siam in Bangkok, at the command of King Buddha Yodfa Chulaloke.
      • August 7 » George Washington orders the creation of the Badge of Military Merit to honor soldiers wounded in battle. It is later renamed to the more poetic Purple Heart.
      • November 30 » American Revolutionary War: Treaty of Paris: In Paris, representatives from the United States and Great Britain sign preliminary peace articles (later formalized as the 1783 Treaty of Paris).

    Day of death July 10, 1854

    • The temperature on July 10, 1854 was about 16.7 °C. There was 2 mm of rain. The atmospheric humidity was 86%. 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).
    • From April 19, 1853 till July 1, 1856 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Hall - Donker Curtius with the prime ministers Mr. F.A. baron Van Hall (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. D. Donker Curtius (conservatief-liberaal).
    • In the year 1854: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 3.3 million citizens.
      • February 7 » A law is approved to found the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology. Lectures started October 16, 1855.
      • February 17 » The United Kingdom recognizes the independence of the Orange Free State.
      • March 28 » Crimean War: France and Britain declare war on Russia.
      • July 6 » In Jackson, Michigan, the first convention of the United States Republican Party is held.
      • September 20 » Crimean War: British and French troops defeat Russians at the Battle of Alma.
      • September 27 » The steamship SSArctic sinks with 300 people on board.
    

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