Van Hoof Tree » Leonard Whitman (1777-1857)
Personal data Leonard Whitman
Source 1- He was born on April 23, 1777 in Lunenburg, Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, CANADA.
Attention: Was older than 65 years (84) when child (Ann Whitman) was born (January 22, 1862). - He was baptized on May 6, 1777 in Dutch Reformed Church, Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, CANADA.
- Profession: Seaman Or Fisherman.
- He died on August 5, 1857 in Beaver Harbour, Halifax, Nova Scotia, CANADA, he was 80 years old.
Attention: Died 9 months (August 5, 1857) prior to the birth (January 22, 1862) of child (Ann Whitman) . - He is buried in Beaver Harbour, Halifax, Nova Scotia, CANADA.
Spouse: Anna Maria Westhaver (born Whitman)
- A child of Valentine Wittman and Maria Eva Binter
Household of Leonard Whitman
He is married to Anna Maria (Mary) Elizabeth Mosher.
They got married in the year 1800 at Lunenburg, he was 22 years old.
Child(ren):
- John Leonard Whitman 1808-1880
- Philip Whitman 1810-1886
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Sources
- Whitman Web Site, George Whitman, Leonard Whitman, February 4, 2016
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Historical events
Birthday April 23, 1777
- The temperature on April 23, 1777 was about 12.0 °C. Wind direction mainly 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
- January 2 » American Revolutionary War: American forces under the command of George Washington repulsed a British attack at the Battle of the Assunpink Creek near Trenton, New Jersey.
- July 7 » American forces retreating from Fort Ticonderoga are defeated in the Battle of Hubbardton.
- August 6 » American Revolutionary War: The bloody Battle of Oriskany prevents American relief of the Siege of Fort Stanwix.
- October 7 » American Revolutionary War: The Americans defeat the British in the Second Battle of Saratoga, also known as the Battle of Bemis Heights.
- October 17 » American Revolutionary War: British General John Burgoyne surrenders his army at Saratoga, New York.
- December 19 » American Revolutionary War: George Washington's Continental Army goes into winter quarters at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania.
Christening day May 6, 1777
- The temperature on May 6, 1777 was about 12.0 °C. Wind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: omtrent helder. 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
- April 26 » Sybil Ludington, aged 16, rode 40 miles (64km) to alert American colonial forces to the approach of the British regular forces
- April 27 » American Revolutionary War: The Battle of Ridgefield: A British invasion force engages and defeats Continental Army regulars and militia irregulars at Ridgefield, Connecticut.
- July 7 » American forces retreating from Fort Ticonderoga are defeated in the Battle of Hubbardton.
- October 6 » American Revolutionary War: British forces capture Forts Clinton and Montgomery on the Hudson River.
- November 17 » Articles of Confederation (United States) are submitted to the states for ratification.
- December 17 » American Revolution: France formally recognizes the United States.
Day of death August 5, 1857
- The temperature on August 5, 1857 was about 18.1 °C. There was 5 mm of rain. The air pressure was 0.5 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the southwest. The atmospheric humidity was 99%. Source: KNMI
- This page is only available in Dutch.De Republiek der Verenigde Nederlanden werd in 1794-1795 door de Fransen veroverd onder leiding van bevelhebber Charles Pichegru (geholpen door de Nederlander Herman Willem Daendels); de verovering werd vergemakkelijkt door het dichtvriezen van de Waterlinie; Willem V moest op 18 januari 1795 uitwijken naar Engeland (en van daaruit in 1801 naar Duitsland); de patriotten namen de macht over van de aristocratische regenten en proclameerden de Bataafsche Republiek; op 16 mei 1795 werd het Haags Verdrag gesloten, waarmee ons land een vazalstaat werd van Frankrijk; in 3.1796 kwam er een Nationale Vergadering; in 1798 pleegde Daendels een staatsgreep, die de unitarissen aan de macht bracht; er kwam een nieuwe grondwet, die een Vertegenwoordigend Lichaam (met een Eerste en Tweede Kamer) instelde en als regering een Directoire; in 1799 sloeg Daendels bij Castricum een Brits-Russische invasie af; in 1801 kwam er een nieuwe grondwet; bij de Vrede van Amiens (1802) kreeg ons land van Engeland zijn koloniën terug (behalve Ceylon); na de grondwetswijziging van 1805 kwam er een raadpensionaris als eenhoofdig gezag, namelijk Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck (van 31 oktober 1761 tot 25 maart 1825).
- In The Netherlands , there was from July 1, 1856 to March 18, 1858 the cabinet Van der Brugghen, with Mr. J.L.L. van der Brugghen (protestant) as prime minister.
- In the year 1857: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 3.3 million citizens.
- January 9 » The 7.9 Mw Fort Tejon earthquake shakes Central and Southern California with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent).
- March 6 » The Supreme Court of the United States rules in the Dred Scott v. Sandford case.
- March 29 » Sepoy Mangal Pandey of the 34th Regiment, Bengal Native Infantry mutinies against the East India Company's rule in India and inspires the protracted Indian Rebellion of 1857, also known as the Sepoy Mutiny.
- August 24 » The Panic of 1857 begins, setting off one of the most severe economic crises in United States history.
- September 20 » The Indian Rebellion of 1857 ends with the recapture of Delhi by troops loyal to the East India Company.
- December 31 » Queen Victoria chooses Ottawa, then a small logging town, as the capital of the Province of Canada.
Same birth/death day
- 1744 » Princess Charlotte Amalie Wilhelmine of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Plön († 1770)
- 1748 » Félix Vicq-d'Azyr, French physician and anatomist († 1794)
- 1791 » James Buchanan, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 15th President of the United States († 1868)
- 1792 » Thomas Romney Robinson, Irish astronomer and physicist († 1882)
- 1794 » Wei Yuan, Chinese scholar and author († 1856)
- 1805 » Johann Karl Friedrich Rosenkranz, German philosopher and academic († 1879)
- 1868 » Jacques Boucher de Crèvecœur de Perthes, French archaeologist and historian (b. 1788)
- 1877 » Robert Williams (known as Trebor Mai), Welsh poet (b. 1830)
- 1880 » Ferdinand Ritter von Hebra, Austrian physician and dermatologist (b. 1816)
- 1881 » Spotted Tail, American tribal chief (b. 1823)
- 1895 » Friedrich Engels, German philosopher (b. 1820)
- 1901 » Victoria, Princess Royal of the United Kingdom (b. 1840)
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