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Ancestors (and descendant) of Jacobus van Zijl

Johannes van Zyl
< 1700-1742
Katerina van Eeden
1712-1742
Jean (Jan) Labuschagne
1706-1753
Geesje (Gesina) "Gezina" Steenkamp
< 1723-> 1767

Jacobus van Zijl
1775-????


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    1. Meiring Web Site, John Henry Meiring, Jacobus van Zijl, February 20, 2016
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    Historical events

    Birthday October 27, 1775

    • The temperature on October 27, 1775 was about 9.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west-northwest. 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 1775: Source: Wikipedia
      • February 26 » The British East India Company factory on Balambangan Island is destroyed by Moro pirates.
      • April 20 » American Revolutionary War: The Siege of Boston begins, following the battles at Lexington and Concord.
      • May 10 » American Revolutionary War: The Second Continental Congress takes place in Philadelphia.
      • July 3 » American Revolutionary War: George Washington takes command of the Continental Army at Cambridge, Massachusetts.
      • October 13 » The Continental Congress establishes the Continental Navy (predecessor of the United States Navy).
      • November 7 » John Murray, the Royal Governor of the Colony of Virginia, starts the first mass emancipation of slaves in North America by issuing Lord Dunmore's Offer of Emancipation, which offers freedom to slaves who abandoned their colonial masters to fight with Murray and the British.

    Christening day July 5, 1776

    • The temperature on July 5, 1776 was about 22.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south east. Weather type: zeer betrokken weerlicht. 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 1776: Source: Wikipedia
      • March 9 » The Wealth of Nations by Scottish economist and philosopher Adam Smith is published.
      • May 15 » American Revolution: The Fifth Virginia Convention instructs its Continental Congress delegation to propose a resolution of independence from Great Britain, paving the way for the United States Declaration of Independence.
      • June 11 » The Continental Congress appoints Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Roger Sherman, and Robert R. Livingston to the Committee of Five to draft a declaration of independence.
      • July 2 » American Revolution: The Continental Congress adopts a resolution severing ties with the Kingdom of Great Britain although the wording of the formal Declaration of Independence is not published until July 4.
      • September 17 » The Presidio of San Francisco is founded in New Spain.
      • November 29 » American Revolutionary War: The Battle of Fort Cumberland, Nova Scotia, comes to an end with the arrival of British reinforcements.
    

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