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
Timeline Robert CHALK
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Historical events
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.
- April 17 » Morelos is admitted as the 27th state of Mexico.
- May 26 » Boston University is chartered by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
- July 10 » Gävle, Sweden, is largely destroyed in a fire; 80% of its 10,000 residents are left homeless.
- August 16 » Battle of Acosta Ñu: A Paraguayan battalion made up of children is massacred by the Brazilian Army during the Paraguayan War.
- August 29 » The Mount Washington Cog Railway opens, making it the world's first mountain-climbing rack railway.
- October 16 » The Cardiff Giant, one of the most famous American hoaxes, is "discovered".
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.
- June 6 » The Chicago "L" elevated rail system begins operation.
- July 26 » Dadabhai Naoroji is elected as the first Indian Member of Parliament in Britain.
- August 9 » Thomas Edison receives a patent for a two-way telegraph.
- October 12 » The Pledge of Allegiance is first recited by students in many US public schools.
- October 21 » Opening ceremonies for the World's Columbian Exposition are held in Chicago, though because construction was behind schedule, the exposition did not open until May 1, 1893.
- December 18 » Premiere performance of The Nutcracker by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky in Saint Petersburg, Russia.
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 11 » Surgeon General of the United States Dr. Luther Terry, M.D., publishes the landmark report Smoking and Health: Report of the Advisory Committee to the Surgeon General of the United States saying that smoking may be hazardous to health, sparking national and worldwide anti-smoking efforts.
- March 6 » Constantine II becomes King of Greece.
- April 21 » A Transit-5bn satellite fails to reach orbit after launch; as it re-enters the atmosphere, 2.1 pounds (0.95kg) of radioactive plutonium in its SNAP RTG power source is widely dispersed.
- June 19 » The Civil Rights Act of 1964 is approved after surviving an 83-day filibuster in the United States Senate.
- August 4 » Civil rights movement: Civil rights workers Michael Schwerner, Andrew Goodman and James Chaney are found dead in Mississippi after disappearing on June 21.
- October 29 » A collection of irreplaceable gems, including the 565 carat (113 g) Star of India, is stolen by a group of thieves (among them is "Murph the surf") from the American Museum of Natural History in New York City.
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- 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 May 2, 2025), "Robert CHALK (1869-1964)".