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Ancestors (and descendant) of John J. Riggs

J. Philip Louderback
1778-1837
Mary Koontz
± 1787-1867

John J. Riggs
1840-1920


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    1. Ancestry Family Trees, Ancestry Family Tree
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    2. U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com

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    Birthday August 15, 1840

    • The temperature on August 15, 1840 was about 16.0 °C. Wind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: half bewolkt regen bui. 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 1840: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 2.9 million citizens.
      • February 6 » Signing of the Treaty of Waitangi, establishing New Zealand as a British colony.
      • May 1 » The Penny Black, the first official adhesive postage stamp, is issued in the United Kingdom.
      • May 6 » The Penny Black postage stamp becomes valid for use in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
      • May 7 » The Great Natchez Tornado strikes Natchez, Mississippi killing 317 people. It is the second deadliest tornado in United States history.
      • October 7 » Willem II becomes King of the Netherlands.
      • October 11 » The Maronite leader Bashir Shihab II surrenders to the Ottoman Empire and later is sent to Malta in exile.

    Day of death January 11, 1920

    • The temperature on January 11, 1920 was between 6.9 °C and 10.9 °C and averaged 8.4 °C. There was 12.3 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 6 Bft (strong wind) and was prevailing from the southwest. 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 September 9, 1918 to September 18, 1922 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck I, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1920: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 6.8 million citizens.
      • January 8 » The steel strike of 1919 ends in failure for the Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers labor union.
      • January 19 » The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) is founded.
      • May 16 » In Rome, Pope Benedict XV canonizes Joan of Arc.
      • August 13 » Polish–Soviet War: The Battle of Warsaw begins and will last till August 25. The Red Army is defeated.
      • August 15 » Polish–Soviet War: Battle of Warsaw, so-called Miracle at the Vistula.
      • August 16 » Ray Chapman of the Cleveland Indians is hit on the head by a fastball thrown by Carl Mays of the New York Yankees, and dies early the next day. Chapman was the second player to die from injuries sustained in a Major League Baseball game, the first being Doc Powers in 1909.
    

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