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Robert Semple ( 26 February 1777 in Boston, Massachusetts, U. S. – June 19, 1816 in modern-day Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada ) was Governor of the Hudson's Bay Company from autumn 1815 until his death.
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In 1816 McLoughlin was arrested for the murder of Robert Semple, the governor of the Red River Colony, after the Battle of Seven Oaks ( 1816 ), though it is often claimed he stood in proxy for some Indians who were blamed.
The City of Benicia was founded on May 19, 1847, by Dr. Robert Semple, and Thomas O. Larkin and Comandante General Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo, on land sold to them by General Vallejo in December 1846.
In 1847, Dr. Robert Semple contracted to provide ferry service from Martinez to Benicia, which for many years was the only crossing on the Carquinez Strait.
The film was adapted by David Giler, Lorenzo Semple Jr and an uncredited Robert Towne from the 1970 novel by Loren Singer.
Selkirk heard of the problems and sent out a new governor, Robert Semple, to take over.
This led to the bloody encounter known as the Battle of Seven Oaks, where Robert Semple and 21 colonists from the Red River Colony were slain.
He was replaced by Robert Semple, an American businessman with no previous experience in the fur trade.
Robert Semple was appointed as governor of the Red River Colony.
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The conflict culminated in the Battle of Seven Oaks in June 1816, resulting in the death of the colony's governor, Robert Semple, and nineteen others.
* June 19-After several years of harassment, sabotage, and minor skirmishes between members of the Hudson's Bay and North West Companies, a full-scale battle ( today known at Battle of Seven Oaks ) breaks out between parties led by Cuthbert Grant and Robert Semple.
* 1996: Robert B. Semple, Jr., The New York Times, " for his editorials on environmental issues.
Robert Semple is the name of:
* Robert Semple ( Canada ) ( 1777 – 1816 ), governor of the Red River Colony in Canada
* Robert Semple ( Medal of Honor ) ( 1887 – 1943 ), Medal of Honor recipient
* Robert B. Semple, a California newspaperman & politician, who helped found Benicia, California
* Robert B. Semple, Jr., 1996 Pulitzer Prize winner
* Robert James Semple, Irish missionary, first husband of Aimee Semple McPherson
* Robert Semple, Pulitzer Prize winner and member of The New York Times editorial board
** Robert B. Semple, Jr. of The New York Times.
* Semple, Jr., Robert B.
* Robert B. Semple, Jr., Pulitzer Prize-winning associate editor, editorial page, The New York Times
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-- Your July 26 editorial regarding the position of Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy on prospective tax relief for DuPont stockholders is based on an erroneous statement of fact.
* 1865 – American Civil War: Robert E. Lee surrenders the Army of Northern Virginia ( 26, 765 troops ) to Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Courthouse, Virginia, effectively ending the war.
" There has long been a lively debate about who is the strongest player of all ", wrote GM Robert Byrne in his New York Times column of Aug. 26, 1997.
Dust To Dust is an eight issue miniseries starting on May 26, 2010 and written by Chris Roberson and drawn by Robert Adler.
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Robert Menzies defeated Hughes for the UAP leadership and became Prime Minister on 26 April 1939.
With Gotobed back in the line-up ( now using his birth name, Robert Grey ), the group initially reworked much of their back catalogue for a performance at Royal Festival Hall on 26 February 2000.
* March 26 – U. S. Defense Secretary Robert McNamara delivers an address that reiterates American determination to give South Vietnam increased military and economic aid, in its war against the Communist insurgency.
* July 26 – Robert Todd Lincoln, American statesman and businessman, son of 16th President Abraham Lincoln ( b. 1843 )
* May 26 – Robert W. Chambers, American artist ( d. 1933 )
* November 26 – American Civil War – Mine Run: Union forces under General George Meade position against troops led by Confederate General Robert E. Lee ( Meade's forces can not find any weaknesses in the Confederate lines and give up trying after 5 days ).
* October 26 – Robert F. Kennedy telephones Coretta Scott King, the wife of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and he also secures King's release from jail regarding a traffic violation in Atlanta, Georgia, U. S ..
* June 26 – Robert Coleman Richardson, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate
* December 26 – Robert Lowery, American actor ( b. 1913 )
* March 26 – Robert Frost, American poet ( d. 1963 )
* June 26 – Robert Laird Borden, the eighth Prime Minister of Canada ( d. 1937 )
* June 26 – American Civil War – Battle of Mechanicsville: Confederate General Robert E. Lee defeats the troops of General George McClellan in the first of the Seven Days ' Battles.
* July 26 – A federal grand jury indicts Cornell University student Robert Tappan Morris, Jr. for releasing a computer virus, making him the first person to be prosecuted under the 1986 Computer Fraud and Abuse Act.
* February 26 – Robert Livingston, American signer of the Declaration of Independence ( b. 1746 )
* December 26 – Robert Bolling, English settler in Virginia ( d. 1709 )
* July 26 – Robert Bertie, 1st Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven, English statesman ( b. 1660 )
* July 26 – Robert Hamilton Bishop, Scottish-American educator and minister ( d. 1855 )
* June 26 – Robert, Bishop of Hereford
* May 26 – Robert Filmer, English writer ( b. 1588 )
* August 26 – Robert Walpole, first Prime Minister of the United Kingdom ( d. 1745 )
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