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Ancestors (and descendant) of Wilhelmus Albertus van Zijl

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

Wilhelmus Albertus van Zijl
1782-????


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

    Birthday October 2, 1782

    • The temperature on October 2, 1782 was about 9.0 °C. There was 66 mm of rainWind direction mainly south-southwest. Weather type: betrokken regen. 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 1782: Source: Wikipedia
      • January 7 » The first American commercial bank, the Bank of North America, opens.
      • March 8 » Gnadenhutten massacre: Ninety-six Native Americans in Gnadenhutten, Ohio, who had converted to Christianity, are killed by Pennsylvania militiamen in retaliation for raids carried out by other Indian tribes.
      • April 19 » John Adams secures the Dutch Republic's recognition of the United States as an independent government. The house which he had purchased in The Hague, Netherlands becomes the first American embassy.
      • August 7 » George Washington orders the creation of the Badge of Military Merit to honor soldiers wounded in battle. It is later renamed to the more poetic Purple Heart.
      • September 13 » American Revolutionary War: Franco-Spanish troops launch the unsuccessful "grand assault" during the Great Siege of Gibraltar.
      • September 14 » American Revolutionary War: Review of the French troops under General Rochambeau by General George Washington at Verplanck's Point, New York.

    Christening day April 18, 1783

    • The temperature on April 18, 1783 was about 12.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north-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 1783: Source: Wikipedia
      • January 20 » The Kingdom of Great Britain signed preliminary articles of peace with France, setting the stage to the official end of hostilities in the American Revolutionary War later that year.
      • June 8 » Laki, a volcano in Iceland, begins an eight-month eruption which kills over 9,000 people and starts a seven-year famine.
      • June 22 » A poisonous cloud caused by the eruption of the Laki volcano in Iceland reaches Le Havre in France.
      • July 24 » The Kingdom of Georgia and the Russian Empire sign the Treaty of Georgievsk.
      • November 29 » A 5.3 magnitude earthquake strikes New Jersey.
      • December 4 » At Fraunces Tavern in New York City, U.S. General George Washington bids farewell to his officers.
    

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    About the surname Van Zijl

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