Dutch Connections to Sheboygan County, Wisconsin » Gerrit Willem teVoortwis (< 1738-1823)
Personal data Gerrit Willem teVoortwis
- He was born before October 5, 1738 in Henxel, Gelderland, Netherlands.
- He was christened on October 5, 1738 in Winterswyk, Gelderland, Netherlands.Sources 1, 2
- Resident: 'Scholtenhuis', Meddo, Gelderland, Netherlands.Source 2
- He died on November 9, 1823 in Meddo, Gelderland, Netherlands.Source 2
- A child of Frederik teVoortwis and Willemken teOelewick
Household of Gerrit Willem teVoortwis
He is married to Wigmoet Meerdink.
They got married on December 27, 1773 at Gelderland, Netherlands.Sources 1, 2, 3
Child(ren):
- Jan teVoortwis 1774-????
- Berendina teVoortwis 1776-????
- Jan Willem teVoortwis 1779-????
- Dora Willemina teVoortwis 1788-????
Event (Trouwd) on November 11, 1773 in Winterswijk, Gelderland, Netherlands .Source 3
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Christening day October 5, 1738
- The temperature on October 5, 1738 was about 13.0 °C. There was 29 mm of rainWind direction mainly west-northwest. Weather type: regen en zeer betrokken. 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 1738: Source: Wikipedia
- January 7 » A peace treaty is signed between Peshwa Bajirao and Jai Singh II following Maratha victory in the Battle of Bhopal.
- April 15 » Serse, an Italian opera by George Frideric Handel receives its premiere performance in London, England.
- April 18 » Real Academia de la Historia ("Royal Academy of History") is founded in Madrid.
- May 24 » John Wesley is converted, essentially launching the Methodist movement; the day is celebrated annually by Methodists as Aldersgate Day and a church service is generally held on the preceding Sunday.
- July 15 » Baruch Laibov and Alexander Voznitzin are burned alive in St. Petersburg, Russia. Vonitzin had converted to Judaism with Laibov's help, with the consent of Empress Anna Ivanovna.
- July 20 » Canadian explorer Pierre Gaultier de Varennes et de La Vérendrye reaches the western shore of Lake Michigan.
Day of marriage December 27, 1773
- The temperature on December 27, 1773 was about 3.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south east. Weather type: omtrent helder. Special wheather fenomena: rijp. 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 1773: Source: Wikipedia
- January 1 » The hymn that became known as "Amazing Grace", then titled "1 Chronicles 17:16–17" is first used to accompany a sermon led by John Newton in the town of Olney, Buckinghamshire, England.
- January 17 » Captain James Cook leads the first expedition to sail south of the Antarctic Circle.
- May 10 » The Parliament of Great Britain passes the Tea Act, designed to save the British East India Company by reducing taxes on its tea and granting it the right to sell tea directly to North America. The legislation leads to the Boston Tea Party.
- June 1 » Wolraad Woltemade rescues 14 sailors at the Cape of Good Hope from the sinking ship De Jonge Thomas by riding his horse into the sea seven times. He drowned on his eighth attempt.
- June 17 » Cúcuta, Colombia, is founded by Juana Rangel de Cuéllar.
- December 16 » American Revolution: Boston Tea Party: Members of the Sons of Liberty disguised as Mohawk Indians dump hundreds of crates of tea into Boston harbor as a protest against the Tea Act.
Day of death November 9, 1823
- The temperature on November 9, 1823 was about 8.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northwest. Weather type: half bewolkt bui. Source: KNMI
- This page is only available in Dutch.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 1823: Source: Wikipedia
- July 2 » Bahia Independence Day: The end of Portuguese rule in Brazil, with the final defeat of the Portuguese crown loyalists in the province of Bahia.
- July 15 » A fire destroys the ancient Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls in Rome, Italy.
- July 24 » In Maracaibo, Venezuela, the naval Battle of Lake Maracaibo takes place, where Admiral José Prudencio Padilla defeats the Spanish Navy, thus culminating the independence for the Gran Colombia.
- August 25 » American fur trapper Hugh Glass is mauled by a grizzly bear while on an expedition in South Dakota.
- September 22 » Joseph Smith claims to have found the golden plates after being directed by God through the Angel Moroni to the place where they were buried.
- December 2 » Monroe Doctrine: In a State of the Union message, U.S. President James Monroe proclaims American neutrality in future European conflicts, and warns European powers not to interfere in the Americas.
Same birth/death day
- 1766 » Unico Wilhelm van Wassenaer, Dutch composer and diplomat (b. 1692)
- 1770 » John Campbell, 4th Duke of Argyll, Scottish general and politician (b. 1693)
- 1778 » Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Italian sculptor and illustrator (b. 1720)
- 1801 » Carl Stamitz, German-Czech violinist and composer (b. 1745)
- 1848 » Robert Blum, German poet and politician (b. 1810)
- 1854 » Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton, wife/widow of Alexander Hamilton and co-founder of the first private orphanage in New York (b. 1757)
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The Dutch Connections to Sheboygan County, Wisconsin publication was prepared by Janice Hesselink.
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