The Brown Tree » Charles Biggar (1864-1947)
Personal data Charles Biggar
Source 1- He was born on October 16, 1864 in 57 Coathill Street, Glasgow, Lanark.
- He died on March 19, 1947 in 657 Edgefauld Road, Glasgow, he was 82 years old.
- A child of Nathaniel Biggar and ELIZABETH 'Betsy' BROWN
Household of Charles Biggar
Timeline Charles Biggar
This functionality is only available in Javascript supporting browsers.
Click on the names for more info.
Symbols used: 
grandparents
parents
brothers/sisters
children
grandparents
parents
brothers/sisters
children
Sources
- (Not public)
Historical events
Birthday October 16, 1864
- The temperature on October 16, 1864 was about 7.6 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 84%. 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.
- June 12 » American Civil War, Overland Campaign: Battle of Cold Harbor: Ulysses S. Grant gives the Confederate forces under Robert E. Lee a victory when he pulls his Union troops from their position at Cold Harbor, Virginia and moves south.
- June 15 » Arlington National Cemetery is established when 200 acres (0.81km) of the Arlington estate (formerly owned by Confederate General Robert E. Lee) are officially set aside as a military cemetery by U.S. Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton.
- July 11 » American Civil War: Battle of Fort Stevens; Confederate forces attempt to invade Washington, D.C.
- July 28 » American Civil War: Battle of Ezra Church: Confederate troops make a third unsuccessful attempt to drive Union forces from Atlanta, Georgia.
- 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.
- December 16 » American Civil War: Battle of Nashville: Major General George Thomas's Union forces defeat Lieutenant General John Bell Hood's Confederate Army of Tennessee.
Day of death March 19, 1947
- The temperature on March 19, 1947 was between 1.8 °C and 11.8 °C and averaged 6.8 °C. There was 2.3 mm of rain during 2.5 hours. There was 4.2 hours of sunshine (35%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. 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 July 3, 1946 to August 7, 1948 the cabinet Beel I, with Dr. L.J.M. Beel (KVP) as prime minister.
- In the year 1947: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 9.5 million citizens.
- January 3 » Proceedings of the U.S. Congress are televised for the first time.
- June 24 » Kenneth Arnold makes the first widely reported UFO sighting near Mount Rainier, Washington, leading to the coining of the phrase "flying saucer".
- September 18 » The National Security Council and the Central Intelligence Agency are established in the United States by the National Security Act. It also establishes the Air Force as an equal partner of the Army and Navy.
- November 17 » American scientists John Bardeen and Walter Houser Brattain observe the basic principles of the transistor, a key element for the electronics revolution of the 20th century.
- November 25 » New Zealand ratifies the Statute of Westminster and thus becomes independent of legislative control by the United Kingdom.
- December 17 » First flight of the Boeing B-47 Stratojet strategic bomber.
Same birth/death day
- 1861 » J. B. Bury, Irish historian and scholar († 1927)
- 1861 » Richard Sears, American tennis player († 1943)
- 1863 » Austen Chamberlain, English businessman and politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer, Nobel Prize laureate († 1937)
- 1867 » Mario Ruspoli, 2nd Prince of Poggio Suasa († 1963)
- 1869 » Claude H. Van Tyne, American historian and author († 1930)
- 1872 » Walter Buckmaster, English polo player and businessman, co-founded Buckmaster & Moore († 1942)
- 1944 » William Hale Thompson, American rancher and politician, 41st Mayor of Chicago (b. 1869)
- 1949 » James Newland, Australian soldier and policeman (b. 1881)
- 1949 » James Somerville, English admiral and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Somerset (b. 1882)
- 1950 » Edgar Rice Burroughs, American soldier and author (b. 1875)
- 1950 » Norman Haworth, English chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1883)
- 1951 » Dmytro Doroshenko, Ukrainian historian and politician, Prime Minister of Ukraine (b. 1882)
About the surname Biggar
- View the information that Genealogie Online has about the surname Biggar.
- Check the information Open Archives has about Biggar.
- Check the Wie (onder)zoekt wie? register to see who is (re)searching Biggar.
The The Brown Tree publication was prepared by Wesley Brown.
When copying data from this family tree, please include a reference to the origin:
Wesley Brown, "The Brown Tree", database, Genealogy Online (https://www.genealogieonline.nl/the-brown-tree/P7027.php : accessed February 1, 2026), "Charles Biggar (1864-1947)".
Wesley Brown, "The Brown Tree", database, Genealogy Online (https://www.genealogieonline.nl/the-brown-tree/P7027.php : accessed February 1, 2026), "Charles Biggar (1864-1947)".