Genealogy Beekman » Willem Jansen van Bentum (1770-1844)

Personal data Willem Jansen van Bentum 


Household of Willem Jansen van Bentum

He had a relationship with Jannetje Willems Bosman.


Child(ren):

  1. Gijsbertje van Bentum  1801-1866 
  2. Willem van Bentum  1805-1866 

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Birthday March 5, 1770

  • The temperature on March 5, 1770 was about 5.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken 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 1770: Source: Wikipedia
    • March 5 » Boston Massacre: Five Americans, including Crispus Attucks, are fatally shot by British troops in an event that would contribute to the outbreak of the American Revolutionary War (also known as the American War of Independence) five years later.
    • April 19 » Captain James Cook, still holding the rank of lieutenant, sights the eastern coast of what is now Australia.
    • April 20 » The Georgian king, Erekle II, abandoned by his Russian ally Count Totleben, wins a victory over Ottoman forces at Aspindza.
    • April 29 » James Cook arrives in Australia at Botany Bay, which he names.
    • August 21 » James Cook formally claims eastern Australia for Great Britain, naming it New South Wales.
    • November 14 » James Bruce discovers what he believes to be the source of the Nile.

Christening day March 11, 1770

  • The temperature on March 11, 1770 was about 3.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northeast. Weather type: mist. 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 1770: Source: Wikipedia
    • April 19 » Captain James Cook, still holding the rank of lieutenant, sights the eastern coast of what is now Australia.
    • April 19 » Marie Antoinette marries Louis XVI of France in a proxy wedding.
    • April 20 » The Georgian king, Erekle II, abandoned by his Russian ally Count Totleben, wins a victory over Ottoman forces at Aspindza.
    • May 16 » The 14-year-old Marie Antoinette marries 15-year-old Louis-Auguste, who later becomes king of France.
    • July 5 » The Battle of Chesma between the Russian Empire and the Ottoman Empire begins.
    • August 21 » James Cook formally claims eastern Australia for Great Britain, naming it New South Wales.

Day of death February 15, 1844

  • The temperature on February 15, 1844 was about 3.0 °C. Wind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: betrokken. 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 year 1844: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.1 million citizens.
    • February 27 » The Dominican Republic gains independence from Haiti.
    • March 8 » King Oscar I ascends to the thrones of Sweden and Norway.
    • March 21 » The Bahá'í calendar begins. This is the first day of the first year of the Bahá'í calendar. It is annually celebrated by members of the Bahá'í Faith as the Bahá'í New Year or Náw-Rúz.
    • June 6 » The Glaciarium, the world's first mechanically frozen ice rink, opens.
    • June 15 » Charles Goodyear receives a patent for vulcanization, a process to strengthen rubber.
    • August 8 » The Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, headed by Brigham Young, is reaffirmed as the leading body of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church).


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