Emigranten » Roelof Pieters (1712-1790)
Personal data Roelof Pieters
- He was born June 1712 in Hallum (FR).
- He was christened on June 3, 1712 in Hallum (FR).Source 1
- He died on July 4, 1790 in Hijum (FR), he was 78 years old.Source 2
His year of death is mentioned in several book about his son Arjen Roelofs
- A child of Pyter Roelofs and Lijsbeth Ariens
- This information was last updated on May 11, 2022.
Household of Roelof Pieters
He is married to Neeltje Alberts.
Permission for the marriage has been obtained in Finkum, Friesland, Nederland on November 27, 1740.
They were married in church on December 18, 1740 at Finkum, Friesland, Nederland, he was 28 years old.Source 3Child(ren):
- Pyter Roelofs 1741-????
- Pyter Roelofs 1742-1801
- Albert Roelofs 1745-1809
- Lysbeth Roelofs 1748-1828
- Arjen Roelofs 1754-1828
- Atje Roelofs 1757-1832
Notes about Roelof Pieters
he is tax collector (1741-)
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Historical events
Christening day June 3, 1712
- The temperature on June 3, 1712 was about 18.0 °C. 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 1712: Source: Wikipedia
- February 10 » Huilliches in Chiloé rebel against Spanish encomenderos.
- February 29 » February 29 is followed by February 30 in Sweden, in a move to abolish the Swedish calendar for a return to the Julian calendar.
- April 6 » The New York Slave Revolt of 1712 begins near Broadway.
- July 31 » Action of 31 July 1712 (Great Northern War): Danish and Swedish ships clash in the Baltic Sea; the result is inconclusive.
- August 17 » Action of 17 August 1712 New Deep naval battle between Denmark and Sweden.
- October 3 » The Duke of Montrose issues a warrant for the arrest of Rob Roy MacGregor.
Day of marriage December 18, 1740
- The temperature on December 18, 1740 was about 4.0 °C. There was 22 mm of rainWind direction mainly west. Weather type: geheel 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 1740: Source: Wikipedia
- April 8 » War of Jenkins' Ear: Three British ships capture the Spanish third-rate Princesa, taken into service as HMSPrincess.
- June 13 » Georgia provincial governor James Oglethorpe begins an unsuccessful attempt to take Spanish Florida during the Siege of St. Augustine.
- June 26 » A combined force of Spanish, free blacks and allied Indians defeat a British garrison at the Siege of Fort Mose near St. Augustine during the War of Jenkins' Ear.
- August 17 » Pope Benedict XIV, previously known as Prospero Lambertini, succeeds Clement XII as the 247th Pope.
- October 9 » Dutch colonists and Javanese natives begin massacring the ethnic Chinese population in Batavia, eventually killing 10,000.
- October 20 » France, Prussia, Bavaria and Saxony refuse to honour the Pragmatic Sanction, and the War of the Austrian Succession begins.
Day of death July 4, 1790
- The temperature on July 4, 1790 was about 15.0 °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
- July 12 » The Civil Constitution of the Clergy is passed in France by the National Constituent Assembly.
- July 14 » French Revolution: Citizens of Paris celebrate the unity of the French people and the national reconciliation in the Fête de la Fédération.
- July 16 » The District of Columbia is established as the capital of the United States after signature of the Residence Act.
- August 4 » A newly passed tariff act creates the Revenue Cutter Service (the forerunner of the United States Coast Guard).
- December 6 » The U.S. Congress moves from New York City to Philadelphia.
- December 22 » The Turkish fortress of Izmail is stormed and captured by Alexander Suvorov and his Russian armies.
Same birth/death day
- 1754 » Philippe Néricault Destouches, French playwright and author (b. 1680)
- 1761 » Samuel Richardson, English author and painter (b. 1689)
- 1780 » Prince Charles Alexander of Lorraine (b. 1712)
- 1787 » Charles, Prince of Soubise, Marshal of France (b. 1715)
- 1821 » Richard Cosway, English painter and academic (b. 1742)
- 1826 » John Adams, American lawyer and politician, 2nd President of the United States (b. 1735)
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Jim Joosten, "Emigranten", database, Genealogy Online (https://www.genealogieonline.nl/emigranten/I5519.php : accessed January 25, 2026), "Roelof Pieters (1712-1790)".