Genealogy Duijvelaar/Duivelaar » Willem de Wit (1786-1857)

Personal data Willem de Wit 

  • He was christened on December 16, 1786 in Dinteloord en Prinsenland, Noord-Brabant, Nederland.Source 1
  • Profession: veerman.
  • He died on April 13, 1857 in Dinteloord en Prinsenland, Noord-Brabant, Nederland.Source 2
  • This information was last updated on December 2, 2016.

Household of Willem de Wit

He is married to Johanna Sneep.

They got married on December 31, 1839 at Dinteloord en Prinsenland, Noord-Brabant, Nederland.Source 3

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Sources

  1. dtb Dinteloord NH doopboek 1713-1810 pag 105
  2. BS Dinteloord 1857 overlijdensakte 21
  3. BS Dinteloord 1839 huwelijksakte nr. 22

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Historical events

Christening day December 16, 1786

  • The temperature on December 16, 1786 was about 2.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south-southwest. Weather type: 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 1786: Source: Wikipedia
    • August 7 » The first federal Indian Reservation is created by the United States.
    • August 11 » Captain Francis Light establishes the British colony of Penang in Malaysia.
    • August 29 » Shays' Rebellion, an armed uprising of Massachusetts farmers, begins in response to high debt and tax burdens.
    • September 11 » The beginning of the Annapolis Convention.
    • November 7 » The oldest musical organization in the United States is founded as the Stoughton Musical Society.
    • December 4 » Mission Santa Barbara is dedicated (on the feast day of Saint Barbara).

Day of death April 13, 1857

  • The temperature on April 13, 1857 was about 5.1 °C. There was 2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 7 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southeast. The atmospheric humidity was 91%. 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 Netherlands , there was from July 1, 1856 to March 18, 1858 the cabinet Van der Brugghen, with Mr. J.L.L. van der Brugghen (protestant) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1857: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.3 million citizens.
    • March 6 » The Supreme Court of the United States rules in the Dred Scott v. Sandford case.
    • May 26 » Dred Scott is emancipated by the Blow family, his original owners.
    • June 26 » The first investiture of the Victoria Cross in Hyde Park, London.
    • July 18 » Louis Faidherbe, French governor of Senegal, arrives to relieve French forces at Kayes, effectively ending El Hajj Umar Tall's war against the French.
    • July 27 » Indian Rebellion: Sixty-eight men hold out for eight days against a force of 2,500 to 3,000 mutinying sepoys and 8,000 irregular forces.
    • November 16 » Second relief of Lucknow: Twenty-four Victoria Crosses are awarded, the most in a single day.


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