Emigranten » Willem Gerritse van der Top (1776-1850)

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Notes about Willem Gerritse van der Top

he married on September 23, 1803 in Garderen (GL) to Niesje Jacobs Broekhuis, daughter of Jacob Janzen

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Willem Gerritse van der Top
1776-1850


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  1. Lunteren, baptisms Dutch Reformed 1772-1811
  2. sourcenumber 64

Historical events

  • The temperature on July 26, 1776 was about 19.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north west from. Weather type: omtrent helder. 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
    • 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.
    • May 19 » American Revolutionary War: A Continental Army garrison surrenders in the Battle of The Cedars.
    • June 7 » Richard Henry Lee presents the "Lee Resolution" to the Continental Congress. The motion is seconded by John Adams and will lead to the United States Declaration of Independence.
    • July 8 » Church bells (possibly including the Liberty Bell) are rung after John Nixon delivers the first public reading of the Declaration of Independence of the United States.
    • September 11 » British–American peace conference on Staten Island fails to stop nascent American Revolutionary War.
    • October 28 » American Revolutionary War: British troops attack and capture Chatterton Hill from the Continental Army.
  • The temperature on July 28, 1776 was about 20.0 °C. There was 26 mm of rainWind direction mainly north. 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
    • January 1 » General George Washington hoists the first United States flag; the Grand Union Flag at Prospect Hill.
    • June 12 » The Virginia Declaration of Rights is adopted.
    • 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 15 » American Revolutionary War: British forces land at Kip's Bay during the New York Campaign.
    • December 25 » George Washington and the Continental Army cross the Delaware River at night to attack Hessian forces serving Great Britain at Trenton, New Jersey, the next day.
    • December 26 » American Revolutionary War: In the Battle of Trenton, the Continental Army attacks and successfully defeats a garrison of Hessian forces.
  • The temperature on September 9, 1850 was about 12.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northwest. Weather type: regen. Source: KNMI
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    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 Netherlands , there was from November 1, 1849 to April 19, 1853 the cabinet Thorbecke I, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1850: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.1 million citizens.
    • January 29 » Henry Clay introduces the Compromise of 1850 to the U.S. Congress.
    • March 7 » Senator Daniel Webster gives his "Seventh of March" speech endorsing the Compromise of 1850 in order to prevent a possible civil war.
    • April 4 » Los Angeles is incorporated as a city.
    • June 19 » Princess Louise of the Netherlands marries Crown Prince Karl of Sweden–Norway.
    • July 9 » Persian prophet Báb is executed in Tabriz, Persia.
    • September 9 » California is admitted as the thirty-first U.S. state.


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