Genealogy Post-Oost » Cornelis Steketee (1770-1861)

Personal data Cornelis Steketee 


Household of Cornelis Steketee

He is married to Huigje Polderman.

They got married on October 21, 1793 at Sint Maartensdijk, he was 23 years old.


Child(ren):

  1. Johanna Steketee  1794-1880 
  3. Daniel Steketee  1808-1872 

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Historical events

Birthday September 20, 1770

  • The temperature on September 20, 1770 was about 18.0 °C. Wind direction mainly southwest. 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.
    • May 26 » The Orlov Revolt, an attempt to revolt against the Ottoman Empire before the Greek War of Independence, ends in disaster for the Greeks.
    • June 11 » British explorer Captain James Cook runs aground on the Great Barrier Reef.
    • June 19 » New Church Day: Emanuel Swedenborg writes: "The Lord sent forth His twelve disciples, who followed Him in the world into the whole spiritual world to preach the Gospel that the Lord God Jesus Christ reign. This took place on the 19th day of June, in the year 1770."
    • July 1 » Lexell's Comet is seen closer to the Earth than any other comet in recorded history, approaching to a distance of 0.0146 astronomical units (2,180,000km; 1,360,000mi).
    • July 5 » The Battle of Chesma between the Russian Empire and the Ottoman Empire begins.

Day of marriage October 21, 1793

  • The temperature on October 21, 1793 was about 12.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west-northwest. 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 1793: Source: Wikipedia
    • July 13 » Journalist and French revolutionary Jean-Paul Marat is assassinated in his bathtub by Charlotte Corday, a member of the opposing political faction.
    • August 8 » The insurrection of Lyon occurs during the French Revolution.
    • September 5 » French Revolution: The French National Convention initiates the Reign of Terror.
    • December 9 » New York City's first daily newspaper, the American Minerva, is established by Noah Webster.
    • December 18 » Surrender of the frigate La Lutine by French Royalists to Lord Samuel Hood; renamed HMSLutine, she later becomes a famous treasure wreck.
    • December 23 » The Battle of Savenay: A decisive defeat of the royalist counter-revolutionaries in War in the Vendée during the French Revolution.

Day of death September 28, 1861

  • The temperature on September 28, 1861 was about 11.0 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 88%. Source: KNMI
  • Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • From February 23, 1860 till March 14, 1861 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Hall - Van Heemstra with the prime ministers Mr. F.A. baron Van Hall (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. S. baron Van Heemstra (liberaal).
  • From March 14, 1861 till January 31, 1862 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt - Loudon with the prime ministers Mr. J.P.P. baron Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. J. Loudon (liberaal).
  • In the year 1861: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
    • January 9 » Mississippi becomes the second state to secede from the Union before the outbreak of the American Civil War.
    • January 11 » American Civil War: Alabama secedes from the United States.
    • April 17 » The state of Virginia's secession convention votes to secede from the United States, later becoming the eighth state to join the Confederate States of America.
    • July 25 » American Civil War: The United States Congress passes the Crittenden–Johnson Resolution, stating that the war is being fought to preserve the Union and not to end slavery.
    • October 25 » The Toronto Stock Exchange is created.
    • December 9 » American Civil War: The Joint Committee on the Conduct of the War is established by the U.S. Congress.


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