The Brown Tree » Robert WHITEHEAD (1777-1864)
Personal data Robert WHITEHEAD
Source 1- He was born on January 4, 1777 in Orton, Westmorland, England.
- He died on March 11, 1864 in Orton, Westmorland, England, he was 87 years old.
- A child of James WHITEHEAD and Dorothy Farrer ATKINSON
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Birthday January 4, 1777
- The temperature on January 4, 1777 was about 3.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west-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 1777: Source: Wikipedia
- June 13 » American Revolutionary War: Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette lands near Charleston, South Carolina, in order to help the Continental Congress to train its army.
- August 6 » American Revolutionary War: The bloody Battle of Oriskany prevents American relief of the Siege of Fort Stanwix.
- September 19 » American Revolutionary War: British forces win a tactically expensive victory over the Continental Army in the First Battle of Saratoga.
- September 27 » American Revolution: Lancaster, Pennsylvania becomes the capital of the United States for one day after Congress evacuates Philadelphia.
- December 16 » Virginia becomes the first state to ratify the Articles of Confederation. [1]
- December 17 » American Revolution: France formally recognizes the United States.
Day of death March 11, 1864
- The temperature on March 11, 1864 was about 6.3 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 25 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 79%. 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 February 1, 1862 to February 10, 1866 the cabinet Thorbecke II, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
- In the year 1864: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
- February 17 » American Civil War: The H. L. Hunley becomes the first submarine to engage and sink a warship, the USSHousatonic.
- February 20 » American Civil War: Battle of Olustee: The largest battle fought in Florida during the war.
- August 18 » American Civil War: Battle of Globe Tavern: Union forces try to cut a vital Confederate supply-line into Petersburg, Virginia, by attacking the Wilmington and Weldon Railroad.
- August 23 » American Civil War: The Union Navy captures Fort Morgan, Alabama, thus breaking Confederate dominance of all ports on the Gulf of Mexico except Galveston, Texas.
- October 31 » Nevada is admitted as the 36th U.S. state.
- December 22 » American Civil War: Savannah, Georgia, falls to the forces of General Sherman.
Same birth/death day
- 1720 » Johann Friedrich Agricola, German organist and composer († 1774)
- 1785 » Jacob Grimm, German philologist and mythologist († 1863)
- 1809 » Louis Braille, French educator, invented Braille († 1852)
- 1813 » Isaac Pitman, English linguist and educator († 1897)
- 1832 » George Tryon, English admiral († 1893)
- 1838 » General Tom Thumb, American circus performer († 1883)
- 1851 » Marie Louise Coidavid, Queen of Haiti (b. 1778)
- 1854 » Willard Richards, American journalist and religious leader (b. 1804)
- 1863 » Sir James Outram, 1st Baronet, English general (b. 1803)
- 1869 » Vladimir Odoyevsky, Russian philosopher and critic (b. 1803)
- 1870 » Moshoeshoe I of Lesotho (b. 1786)
- 1874 » Charles Sumner, American lawyer and politician (b. 1811)
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