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Personal data Benjamin “Big Ben" (Benjamin “Big Ben") Looney 


Household of Benjamin “Big Ben" (Benjamin “Big Ben") Looney

He is married to Elizabeth McClure.

They got married on July 22, 1793 at Botetourt, Virginia, United States, he was 21 years old.


Child(ren):

  1. Phoebe Looney  1795-1860 
  2. Katherine Looney  1799-????
  3. Mary Looney  1802-1841
  4. Benjamin Looney  1803-????
  5. Julia Looney  1805-1840
  6. Elizabeth Looney  ± 1810-????

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Benjamin “Big Ben" Looney

Robert Looney
± 1696-1769
Elizabeth Llewllyn
± 1699-± 1770
Thomas More
Elionar

Benjamin “Big Ben" Looney
1772-1859

1793

Elizabeth McClure
1775-????

Phoebe Looney
1795-1860
Katherine Looney
1799-????
Mary Looney
1802-1841
Benjamin Looney
1803-????
Julia Looney
1805-1840
Elizabeth Looney
± 1810-????
Jonathan Looney

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Historical events

Day of marriage July 22, 1793

  • The temperature on July 22, 1793 was about 15.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west-northwest. Weather type: omtrent helder. 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
    • July 13 » Journalist and French revolutionary Jean-Paul Marat is assassinated in his bathtub by Charlotte Corday, a member of the opposing political faction.
    • September 5 » French Revolution: The French National Convention initiates the Reign of Terror.
    • September 17 » War of the Pyrenees: France defeats a Spanish force at the Battle of Peyrestortes.
    • October 16 » War of the First Coalition: French victory at the Battle of Wattignies forces Austria to raise the siege of Maubeuge.
    • December 23 » The Battle of Savenay: A decisive defeat of the royalist counter-revolutionaries in War in the Vendée during the French Revolution.
    • December 25 » General "Mad Anthony" Wayne and a 300 man detachment identify the site of St. Clair's 1791 defeat by the large number of unburied human remains at modern Fort Recovery, Ohio.

Day of death November 16, 1859

  • The temperature on November 16, 1859 was about 2.0 °C. The air pressure was 3 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the east-northeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 79%. 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 March 18, 1858 till February 23, 1860 the Netherlands had a cabinet Rochussen - Van Bosse with the prime ministers J.J. Rochussen (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. P.P. van Bosse (liberaal).
  • In the year 1859: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.3 million citizens.
    • January 24 » The United Principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia (later named Romania) is formed as a personal union under the rule of Domnitor Alexandru Ioan Cuza.
    • February 17 » Cochinchina Campaign: The French Navy captured the Citadel of Saigon, a fortress that was manned by 1,000 Nguyễn dynasty soldiers, en route to conquering Saigon and other regions of southern Viet Nam.
    • May 4 » The Cornwall Railway opens across the Royal Albert Bridge linking Devon and Cornwall in England.
    • June 28 » The first conformation dog show is held in Newcastle upon Tyne, England.
    • October 16 » John Brown leads a raid on Harpers Ferry, Virginia.
    • December 2 » Militant abolitionist leader John Brown is hanged for his October 16 raid on Harpers Ferry, West Virginia.


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