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Personal data James Horton 

  • He was born on October 7, 1808 in Virginia, United States.
  • He died on March 29, 1871 in Jackson, Ohio, United States, he was 62 years old.
  • He is buried in the year 1871 in Horton Cemetery, Hewit, Jackson, Ohio, United States.
  • This information was last updated on October 18, 2023.

Household of James Horton

He is married to Sarah Stephenson.

They got married on September 5, 1833 at Jackson, Ohio, United States, he was 24 years old.

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Birthday October 7, 1808

  • The temperature on October 7, 1808 was about 15.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south-southwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken. 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 1808: Source: Wikipedia
    • January 12 » The organizational meeting leading to the creation of the Wernerian Natural History Society, a former Scottish learned society, is held in Edinburgh.
    • January 22 » The Portuguese royal family arrives in Brazil after fleeing the French army's invasion of Portugal two months earlier.
    • February 11 » Jesse Fell burns anthracite on an open grate as an experiment in heating homes with coal.
    • May 3 » Finnish War: Sweden loses the fortress of Sveaborg to Russia.
    • September 13 » Finnish War: In the Battle of Jutas, Swedish forces under Lieutenant General Georg Carl von Döbeln beat the Russians, making von Döbeln a Swedish war hero.
    • September 14 » Finnish War: Russians defeat the Swedes at the Battle of Oravais.

Day of death March 29, 1871

  • The temperature on March 29, 1871 was about 1.5 °C. There was 1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 11 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the north-northeast. The atmospheric humidity was 76%. Source: KNMI
  • Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • From June 4, 1868 till January 4, 1871 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Bosse - Fock with the prime ministers Mr. P.P. van Bosse (liberaal) and Mr. C. Fock (liberaal).
  • In The Netherlands , there was from January 4, 1871 to July 6, 1872 the cabinet Thorbecke III, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1871: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
    • February 17 » The victorious Prussian Army parades through Paris, France, after the end of the Siege of Paris during the Franco-Prussian War.
    • April 30 » The Camp Grant massacre takes place in Arizona Territory.
    • July 20 » British Columbia joins the confederation of Canada.
    • September 28 » The Brazilian Parliament passes a law that frees all children thereafter born to slaves, and all government-owned slaves.
    • October 8 » The Great Chicago Fire and the much deadlier Peshtigo Fire break out.
    • November 16 » The National Rifle Association receives its charter from New York State.


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