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Ancestors (and descendant) of William Vivian DOWNIE

Ralph TERRY
1815-1892
Frances Linton SIMMONS
1823-1874

William Vivian DOWNIE
1876-1916


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    1. Australia, WWI Service Records, 1914-1920, Ancestry.com, National Archives of Australia; Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia; B2455, First Australian Imperial Force Personnel Dossiers, 1914-1920 / Ancestry.com
    2. Australia and New Zealand, Find A Grave Index, 1800s-Current, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
    3. Tasmania, Australia, Police Gazettes, 1884-1933, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com

    Historical events

    Birthday January 27, 1876

    • The temperature on January 27, 1876 was about -0.7 °C. 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)
    • From August 27, 1874 till November 3, 1877 the Netherlands had a cabinet Heemskerk - Van Lijnden van Sandenburg with the prime ministers Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) and Mr. C.Th. baron Van Lijnden van Sandenburg (AR).
    • In the year 1876: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
      • May 10 » The Centennial Exposition is opened in Philadelphia.
      • August 1 » Colorado is admitted as the 38th U.S. state.
      • August 8 » Thomas Edison receives a patent for his mimeograph.
      • August 31 » Ottoman Sultan Murad V is deposed and succeeded by his brother Abdul Hamid II.
      • November 23 » Corrupt Tammany Hall leader William Magear Tweed (better known as Boss Tweed) is delivered to authorities in New York City after being captured in Spain.
      • December 29 » The Ashtabula River railroad disaster occurs, leaving 64 injured and 92 dead at Ashtabula, Ohio.

    Day of death July 19, 1916

    • The temperature on July 19, 1916 was between 7.6 °C and 17.5 °C and averaged 12.9 °C. There was 1.8 hours of sunshine (11%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. 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 August 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1916: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 6.4 million citizens.
      • March 16 » The 7th and 10th US cavalry regiments under John J. Pershing cross the US–Mexico border to join the hunt for Pancho Villa.
      • April 29 » World War I: The UK's 6th Indian Division surrenders to Ottoman Forces at the Siege of Kut in one of the largest surrenders of British forces up to that point.
      • May 6 » Vietnamese Emperor Duy Tân is captured while calling upon the people to rise up against the French, and is later deposed and exiled to Réunion island.
      • August 28 » World War I: Italy declares war on Germany.
      • September 27 » Iyasu V is proclaimed deposed as ruler of Ethiopia in a palace coup in favor of his aunt Zewditu.
      • November 7 » Jeannette Rankin is the first woman elected to the United States Congress.
    

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