The Brown Tree » Nathaniel Bigger (1878-1900)
Personal data Nathaniel Bigger
Source 1- He was born on April 29, 1878 in 79 Whitevale Street, Glasgow Camlachie.
- He died on April 23, 1900 in Burnhill Poorhouse, Glasgow, he was 21 years old.
- A child of Nathaniel Biggar and Margaret Tarbet
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Birthday April 29, 1878
- The temperature on April 29, 1878 was about 14.2 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the north-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 47%. 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 November 3, 1877 to August 20, 1879 the cabinet Kappeijne van de Coppello, with Mr. J. Kappeijne van de Coppello (liberaal) as prime minister.
- In the year 1878: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
- February 19 » Thomas Edison patents the phonograph.
- March 15 » Restoration of the Scottish Catholic hierarchy, broken off back in 1603.
- May 25 » Gilbert and Sullivan's comic opera H.M.S. Pinafore opens at the Opera Comique in London.
- June 4 » Cyprus Convention: The Ottoman Empire cedes Cyprus to the United Kingdom but retains nominal title.
- June 15 » Eadweard Muybridge takes a series of photographs to prove that all four feet of a horse leave the ground when it runs; the study becomes the basis of motion pictures.
- September 1 » Emma Nutt becomes the world's first female telephone operator when she is recruited by Alexander Graham Bell to the Boston Telephone Dispatch Company.
Day of death April 23, 1900
- The temperature on April 23, 1900 was about 8.8 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 68%. 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 27, 1897 to August 1, 1901 the cabinet Pierson, with Mr. N.G. Pierson (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
- In the year 1900: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
- January 2 » American statesman and diplomat John Hay announces the Open Door Policy to promote trade with China.
- February 27 » Second Boer War: In South Africa, British military leaders receive an unconditional notice of surrender from Boer General Piet Cronjé at the Battle of Paardeberg.
- April 14 » The Exposition Universelle begins.
- April 15 » Philippine–American War: Filipino guerrillas launch a surprise attack on U.S. infantry and begin a four-day siege of Catubig, Philippines.
- June 9 » Indian nationalist Birsa Munda dies of cholera in a British prison.
- July 29 » In Italy, King Umberto I of Italy is assassinated by the anarchist Gaetano Bresci.
Same birth/death day
- 1875 » Rafael Sabatini, Italian-English novelist and short story writer († 1950)
- 1878 » Friedrich Adler, Jewish-German academic, artist and designer (d.1945)
- 1879 » Thomas Beecham, English conductor (d. 1961, March 8)
- 1880 » Fethi Okyar, Turkish military officer, diplomat and politician († 1943)
- 1882 » Auguste Herbin, French painter († 1960)
- 1882 » Hendrik Nicolaas Werkman, Dutch printer, typographer, and Nazi resister († 1945)
- 1889 » Jules Amédée Barbey d'Aurevilly, French author and critic (b. 1808)
- 1895 » Carl Ludwig, German physician and physiologist (b. 1815)
- 1905 » Gédéon Ouimet, Canadian politician, 2nd Premier of Quebec (b. 1823)
- 1907 » Alferd Packer, American prospector (b. 1842)
- 1915 » Rupert Brooke, English poet (b. 1887)
- 1936 » Teresa de la Parra, French-Venezuelan author (b. 1889)
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Wesley Brown, "The Brown Tree", database, Genealogy Online (https://www.genealogieonline.nl/the-brown-tree/P8098.php : accessed January 24, 2026), "Nathaniel Bigger (1878-1900)".