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Personal data William Moffat 


Household of William Moffat

He is married to Elizabeth Maxwell.

They got married on December 11, 1885 at Langholm, he was 28 years old.


Notes about William Moffat

Census 1861 High Street, Lochmaben, Dumfriesshire, Scotland
Census 1871 Preston House, Lochmaben, Dumfriesshire, Scotland

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    Birthday January 6, 1857

    • The temperature on January 6, 1857 was about -2.5 °C. There was 0.9 mm of rain. The air pressure was 15 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the east-northeast. The atmospheric humidity was 83%. 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 Netherlands , there was from July 1, 1856 to March 18, 1858 the cabinet Van der Brugghen, with Mr. J.L.L. van der Brugghen (protestant) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1857: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 3.3 million citizens.
      • March 3 » Second Opium War: France and the United Kingdom declare war on China.
      • April 18 » "The Spirits Book" by Allan Kardec is published, marking the birth of Spiritualism in France.
      • May 10 » Indian Rebellion of 1857: In India, the first war of Independence begins. Sepoys mutiny against their commanding officers at Meerut.
      • August 24 » The Panic of 1857 begins, setting off one of the most severe economic crises in United States history.
      • October 5 » The city of Anaheim, California is founded.
      • October 24 » Sheffield F.C., the world's oldest association football club still in operation, is founded in England.

    Day of marriage December 11, 1885

    • The temperature on December 11, 1885 was about 0.1 °C. There was 2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the northeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 96%. 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.
      • January 4 » Sino-French War: French troops under General Oscar de Négrier defeat a numerically superior Qing force at Núi Bop in northern Vietnam.
      • March 26 » The Métis people of the District of Saskatchewan under Louis Riel begin the North-West Rebellion against Canada.
      • March 31 » The United Kingdom establishes the Bechuanaland Protectorate.
      • April 24 » American sharpshooter Annie Oakley is hired by Nate Salsbury to be a part of Buffalo Bill's Wild West.
      • September 6 » Eastern Rumelia declares its union with Bulgaria, thus accomplishing Bulgarian unification.
      • December 22 » Itō Hirobumi, a samurai, became the first Prime Minister of Japan.

    Day of death February 15, 1893

    • The temperature on February 15, 1893 was about 7.4 °C. There was 4 mm of rain. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 97%. 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 August 21, 1891 to May 9, 1894 the cabinet Van Tienhoven, with Mr. G. van Tienhoven (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1893: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
      • February 1 » Thomas A. Edison finishes construction of the first motion picture studio, the Black Maria in West Orange, New Jersey.
      • February 28 » The USSIndiana, the lead ship of her class and the first battleship in the United States Navy comparable to foreign battleships of the time, is launched.
      • June 13 » Grover Cleveland notices a rough spot in his mouth and on July 1 undergoes secret, successful surgery to remove a large, cancerous portion of his jaw; the operation was not revealed to the public until 1917, nine years after the president's death.
      • June 20 » Lizzie Borden is acquitted of the murders of her father and stepmother.
      • August 1 » Henry Perky patents shredded wheat.
      • August 15 » Ibadan area becomes a British Protectorate after a treaty signed by Fijabi, the Baale of Ibadan with the British acting Governor of Lagos, George C. Denton.
    

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