Stephenson Family Tree » William Owen (1793-1857)
Personal data William Owen
- He was born on August 31, 1793 in Sussex, Virginia, United States.
- He died on November 17, 1857 in Hawkins, Tennessee, United States, he was 64 years old.
- He is buried November 1857 in Brentwood, Williamson, Tennessee, United States.
- A child of William King Owens and Nancy Owens
- This information was last updated on October 18, 2023.
Household of William Owen
He is married to Phoebe Looney.
They got married in the year 1815 at Virginia, he was 21 years old.
Child(ren):
- Lavina Owen 1816-????
- Mary A Owen ± 1820-1906
- Elizabeth M Owen 1821-1886
- Benjamin Looney Owen 1824-1893
- Julia Carolina Owens 1826-1921
- Louisannah Owen 1834-????
- Robert James Owen 1835-1891
- Mariah Owen ± 1838-1903
- Oscar C Owens 1842-1912
- William J. Owens 1843-????
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Historical events
Birthday August 31, 1793
- The temperature on August 31, 1793 was about 15.0 °C. There was 22 mm of rainWind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken. 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 1793: Source: Wikipedia
- February 1 » French Revolutionary Wars: France declares war on the United Kingdom and the Netherlands.
- May 15 » Diego Marín Aguilera flies a glider for "about 360 meters", at a height of 5–6 meters, during one of the first attempted manned flights.
- September 5 » French Revolution: The French National Convention initiates the Reign of Terror.
- September 8 » French Revolutionary Wars: Battle of Hondschoote.
- October 13 » French Revolutionary Wars: Austro-Prussian victory over Republican France at the First Battle of Wissembourg.
- December 23 » The Battle of Savenay: A decisive defeat of the royalist counter-revolutionaries in War in the Vendée during the French Revolution.
Day of death November 17, 1857
- The temperature on November 17, 1857 was about -1.1 °C. The air pressure was 0.5 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the northeast. The atmospheric humidity was 100%. 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 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.
- May 6 » The East India Company disbands the 34th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry whose sepoy Mangal Pandey had earlier revolted against the British in the lead up to the War of Indian Independence.
- June 26 » The first investiture of the Victoria Cross in Hyde Park, London.
- August 24 » The Panic of 1857 begins, setting off one of the most severe economic crises in United States history.
- September 7 » Mountain Meadows massacre: Mormon settlers slaughter most members of peaceful, emigrant wagon train.
- December 31 » Queen Victoria chooses Ottawa, then a small logging town, as the capital of the Province of Canada.
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- 1775 » Agnes Bulmer, English poet and author († 1836)
- 1797 » Stephen Geary, English architect, inventor and entrepreneur († 1854)
- 1802 » Husein Gradaščević, Ottoman general († 1834)
- 1821 » Hermann von Helmholtz, German physician and physicist († 1894)
- 1823 » Galusha A. Grow, American lawyer and politician, 28th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives († 1907)
- 1812 » John Walter, English Insurance underwriter and founder of The Times newspaper (b. 1738/1739)
- 1818 » Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (b. 1744)
- 1835 » Carle Vernet, French painter and lithographer (b. 1758)
- 1865 » James McCune Smith, American physician and author (b. 1813)
- 1891 » José María Iglesias, Mexican politician and interim President (1876-1877) (b. 1823)
- 1897 » George Hendric Houghton, American pastor and theologian (b. 1820)
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Brian K. Stephenson , "Stephenson Family Tree", database, Genealogy Online (https://www.genealogieonline.nl/stephenson-family-tree/I524.php : accessed May 4, 2025), "William Owen (1793-1857)".
Brian K. Stephenson , "Stephenson Family Tree", database, Genealogy Online (https://www.genealogieonline.nl/stephenson-family-tree/I524.php : accessed May 4, 2025), "William Owen (1793-1857)".