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Personal data Willem van der Merwe c4 


Household of Willem van der Merwe c4

Waarschuwing Attention: Wife (Elsje Wilhelmina van Heerden) is also his cousin.

He is married to Elsje Wilhelmina van Heerden.

They got married on August 11, 1726 at Drakenstein, Cape, South Africa, he was 24 years old.


Child(ren):

  1. Hendrik van der Merwe  1734-1775 
  2. Izak van der Merwe  1751-< 1788

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  • Stadhouder Prins Willem III (Huis van Oranje) was from 1672 till 1702 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
  • In the year 1701: Source: Wikipedia
    • January 18 » Frederick I crowns himself King of Prussia in Königsberg.
    • May 23 » After being convicted of piracy and of murdering William Moore, Captain William Kidd is hanged in London.
    • July 9 » A Bourbon force under Nicolas Catinat withdraws from a smaller Habsburg force under Prince Eugene of Savoy in the Battle of Carpi.
    • July 19 » Representatives of the Iroquois Confederacy sign the Nanfan Treaty, ceding a large territory north of the Ohio River to England.
    • July 24 » Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac founds the trading post at Fort Pontchartrain, which later becomes the city of Detroit.
    • August 4 » Great Peace of Montreal between New France and First Nations is signed.
  • The temperature on August 11, 1726 was about -14.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west-southwest. Weather type: regen. Source: KNMI
  •  This page is only available in Dutch.
    Van 1702 tot 1747 kende Nederland (ookwel Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden) zijn Tweede Stadhouderloze Tijdperk.
  • In the year 1726: Source: Wikipedia
    • February 13 » Parliament of Negrete between Mapuche and Spanish authorities in Chile bring an end to the Mapuche uprising of 1723–26.
    • February 19 » The Supreme Privy Council is established in Russia.
    • May 9 » Five men arrested during a raid on Mother Clap's molly house in London are executed at Tyburn.
    • October 28 » The novel Gulliver's Travels is published.
  • The temperature on July 3, 1776 was about 17.0 °C. There was 7 mm of rainWind direction mainly west by south. 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 1776: Source: Wikipedia
    • April 12 » American Revolution: With the Halifax Resolves, the North Carolina Provincial Congress authorizes its Congressional delegation to vote for independence from Britain.
    • June 8 » American Revolutionary War: American attackers are driven back at the Battle of Trois-Rivières.
    • June 12 » The Virginia Declaration of Rights is adopted.
    • August 2 » The signing of the United States Declaration of Independence took place.
    • September 16 » American Revolutionary War: The Battle of Harlem Heights is fought.
    • October 28 » American Revolutionary War: British troops attack and capture Chatterton Hill from the Continental Army.


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About the surname Van der Merwe


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