Dreyer Tree » Carel van der Merwe (1752-1790)

Personal data Carel van der Merwe 


Household of Carel van der Merwe

Waarschuwing Attention: Wife (Elsie Johanna van Heerden) is also his cousin.

He is married to Elsie Johanna van Heerden.

They got married on June 2, 1771 at Kaap de Goede Hoop, Suid-Afrika, he was 18 years old.


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    Historical events

    Birthday August 13, 1752

    • The temperature on August 13, 1752 was about 17.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north-northeast. 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 1752: Source: Wikipedia
      • February 29 » King Alaungpaya founds Konbaung Dynasty, the last dynasty of Burmese monarchy.
      • April 20 » Start of Konbaung–Hanthawaddy War, a new phase in the Burmese Civil War (1740–57).
      • June 15 » Benjamin Franklin proves that lightning is electricity (traditional date, the exact date is unknown).
      • September 2 » Great Britain, along with its overseas possessions, adopts the Gregorian calendar.
      • September 14 » The British Empire adopts the Gregorian calendar, skipping eleven days (the previous day was September 2).

    Day of marriage June 2, 1771

    • The temperature on June 2, 1771 was about 9.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west-northwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken 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 1771: Source: Wikipedia
      • February 12 » Gustav III becomes the King of Sweden.
      • May 16 » The Battle of Alamance, a pre-American Revolutionary War battle between local militia and a group of rebels called The "Regulators", occurs in present-day Alamance County, North Carolina.
      • July 14 » Foundation of the Mission San Antonio de Padua in modern California by the Franciscan friar Junípero Serra.
      • July 17 » Bloody Falls massacre: Chipewyan chief Matonabbee, traveling as the guide to Samuel Hearne on his Arctic overland journey, massacres a group of unsuspecting Inuit.
      • October 17 » Premiere in Milan of the opera Ascanio in Alba, composed by Mozart at age 15.

    Day of death July 24, 1790

    • The temperature on July 24, 1790 was about 17.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west. 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 1790: Source: Wikipedia
      • March 4 » France is divided into 83 départements, cutting across the former provinces in an attempt to dislodge regional loyalties based on ownership of land by the nobility.
      • May 31 » The United States enacts its first copyright statute, the Copyright Act of 1790.
      • August 2 » The first United States Census is conducted.
      • December 6 » The U.S. Congress moves from New York City to Philadelphia.
      • December 17 » The Aztec calendar stone is discovered at El Zócalo, Mexico City.
      • December 22 » The Turkish fortress of Izmail is stormed and captured by Alexander Suvorov and his Russian armies.
    

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