The Brown Tree » Robert CHALK (1869-1964)
Personal data Robert CHALK
Source 1- He was born on April 4, 1869 in Clermont, Queensland, Australia.
- He died on November 15, 1964 in Cairns Queensland Australia, he was 95 years old.
- A child of Thomas CHALK and Maryann ROLFE
Household of Robert CHALK
He is married to Elizabeth Jane PORTER.
They got married on January 28, 1892 at Rockhampton, he was 22 years old.
They got married on January 28, 1802 at Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia. They got married on January 28, 1902 at Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia, he was 32 years old.Child(ren):
- Thomas Robert CHALK 1893-1983
- Alexandra Sylvia Beatrice CHALK 1902-1969
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Birthday April 4, 1869
- The temperature on April 4, 1869 was about 6.4 °C. There was 1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 9 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 92%. 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 year 1869: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
- January 27 » Boshin War: Tokugawa rebels establish the Ezo Republic in Hokkaidō.
- February 5 » The largest alluvial gold nugget in history, called the "Welcome Stranger", is found in Moliagul, Victoria, Australia.
- August 29 » The Mount Washington Cog Railway opens, making it the world's first mountain-climbing rack railway.
- October 5 » The Hennepin Island tunnel collapses during construction, nearly destroying St. Anthony Falls.
- November 6 » In New Brunswick, New Jersey, Rutgers College defeats Princeton University (then known as the College of New Jersey), 6–4, in the first official intercollegiate American football game.
- December 7 » American outlaw Jesse James commits his first confirmed bank robbery in Gallatin, Missouri.
Day of marriage January 28, 1892
- The temperature on January 28, 1892 was about 4.1 °C. There was 7 mm of rain. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 90%. Source: KNMI
- Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
- Regentes Emma (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1898 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
- In The Netherlands , there was from August 21, 1891 to May 9, 1894 the cabinet Van Tienhoven, with Mr. G. van Tienhoven (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
- In the year 1892: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
- April 15 » The General Electric Company is formed.
- June 11 » The Limelight Department, one of the world's first film studios, is officially established in Melbourne, Australia.
- July 4 » Western Samoa changes the International Date Line, causing Monday (July 4) to occur twice, resulting in a year with 367 days.
- September 22 » Lindal Railway Incident, providing inspiration for "The Lost Special" by A.C. Doyle and the TV serial Lost.
- October 12 » The Pledge of Allegiance is first recited by students in many US public schools.
- December 17 » First issue of Vogue is published.
Day of death November 15, 1964
- The temperature on November 15, 1964 was between 7.4 °C and 11.0 °C and averaged 9.1 °C. There was 2.4 mm of rain during 2.2 hours. There was 1.4 hours of sunshine (16%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
- Koningin Juliana (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from September 4, 1948 till April 30, 1980 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
- In The Netherlands , there was from July 24, 1963 to April 14, 1965 the cabinet Marijnen, with Mr. V.G.M. Marijnen (KVP) as prime minister.
- In the year 1964: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 12.0 million citizens.
- January 16 » Hello, Dolly! opened on Broadway, beginning a run of 2,844 performances.
- March 20 » The precursor of the European Space Agency, ESRO (European Space Research Organisation) is established per an agreement signed on June 14, 1962.
- June 1 » Kenya becomes a republic with Jomo Kenyatta (1897 – 22 August 1978) as its first President (1964 to 1978).
- June 21 » Three civil rights workers, Andrew Goodman, James Chaney and Michael Schwerner, are murdered in Neshoba County, Mississippi, United States, by members of the Ku Klux Klan.
- October 12 » The Soviet Union launches the Voskhod 1 into Earth orbit as the first spacecraft with a multi-person crew, and the first flight without pressure suits.
- December 1 » Vietnam War: U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson and his top-ranking advisers meet to discuss plans to bomb North Vietnam.
Same birth/death day
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- 1869 » Mary Colter, American architect, designed the Desert View Watchtower († 1958)
- 1875 » Pierre Monteux, Sephardic Jewish French-American viola player and conductor († 1964)
- 1876 » Maurice de Vlaminck, French painter and poet († 1958)
- 1878 » Stylianos Lykoudis, Greek admiral and historian († 1958)
- 1879 » Gustav Goßler, German rower († 1940)
- 1961 » Elsie Ferguson, American actress (b. 1883)
- 1961 » Johanna Westerdijk, Dutch pathologist and academic (b. 1883)
- 1963 » Fritz Reiner, Hungarian-American conductor (b. 1888)
- 1966 » Dimitrios Tofalos, Greek weightlifter and wrestler (b. 1877)
- 1966 » William Zorach, Lithuanian-American sculptor and painter (b. 1887)
- 1967 » Michael J. Adams, American soldier, pilot, and astronaut (b. 1930)
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Wesley Brown, "The Brown Tree", database, Genealogy Online (https://www.genealogieonline.nl/the-brown-tree/P5570.php : accessed January 27, 2026), "Robert CHALK (1869-1964)".