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Personal data Willem van Riel 


Household of Willem van Riel

(1) He is married to Anna Maria Melis.

They got married on July 22, 1781 at Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland, he was 26 years old.Source 1


Child(ren):

  1. Petronella van Riel  1782-1847 


(2) He is married to Petronilla Vermeer.

They got married on January 27, 1793 at Udenhout, Noord-Brabant, Nederland, he was 38 years old.Source 1

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Willem van Riel

Willem van Riel
1754-1821

(1) 1781
(2) 1793

Petronilla Vermeer
± 1763-1813


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Sources

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Historical events

  • The temperature on October 31, 1754 was about 5.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south by east. 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)
  • Regentes Anna (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1751 till 1759 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
  • In the year 1754: Source: Wikipedia
    • January 28 » Sir Horace Walpole coins the word serendipity in a letter to a friend.
    • May 28 » French and Indian War: In the first engagement of the war, Virginia militia under the 22-year-old Lieutenant colonel George Washington defeat a French reconnaissance party in the Battle of Jumonville Glen in what is now Fayette County in southwestern Pennsylvania.
    • July 3 » French and Indian War: George Washington surrenders Fort Necessity to French forces.
  • The temperature on January 27, 1793 was about 2.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west by south. Weather type: 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 1793: Source: Wikipedia
    • January 21 » After being found guilty of treason by the French National Convention, Louis XVI of France is executed by guillotine.
    • February 1 » French Revolutionary Wars: France declares war on the United Kingdom and the Netherlands.
    • March 1 » French Revolutionary War: Battle of Aldenhoven during the Flanders Campaign.
    • June 24 » The French Constitution of 1793 is formally adopted, although it is effectively suspended by the Committee of Public Safety.
    • September 18 » The first cornerstone of the United States Capitol is laid by George Washington.
    • October 12 » The cornerstone of Old East, the oldest state university building in the United States, is laid at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
  • The temperature on April 11, 1821 was about 14.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west-southwest. Weather type: windstil half bewolkt. Source: KNMI
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    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 year 1821: Source: Wikipedia
    • June 19 » Decisive defeat of the Filiki Eteria by the Ottomans at Drăgășani (in Wallachia).
    • July 17 » The Kingdom of Spain cedes the territory of Florida to the United States.
    • July 23 » While the Mora Rebellion continues, Greeks capture Monemvasia Castle. Turkish troops and citizens are transferred to Asia Minor's coasts.
    • September 28 » The Declaration of Independence of the Mexican Empire is drafted. It will be made public on 13 October.
    • October 8 » The Peruvian Navy is established during the War of Independence.
    • December 1 » José Núñez de Cáceres got the independence of the Dominican Republic of Spain and named it the new territory as Republic of Spanish Haiti.


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J. van Broekhoven, "Database Van Broekhoven", database, Genealogy Online (https://www.genealogieonline.nl/database-van-broekhoven/I348567.php : accessed February 12, 2026), "Willem van Riel (1754-1821)".