Genealogy Post-Oost » Willem van Heemst (1743-1824)

Personal data Willem van Heemst 


Household of Willem van Heemst

He is married to Pieternella van der Meulen.

They got married on December 19, 1773 at Middelharnis, he was 29 years old.


Child(ren):

  1. Robbrecht van Heemst  1774-1848 

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Historical events

  • The temperature on December 25, 1743 was about 1.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south east. Weather type: mist regen sneeuw. Source: KNMI
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    Van 1702 tot 1747 kende Nederland (ookwel Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden) zijn Tweede Stadhouderloze Tijdperk.
  • In the year 1743: Source: Wikipedia
    • May 12 » Maria Theresa of Austria is crowned Queen of Bohemia after defeating her rival, Charles VII, Holy Roman Emperor.
    • May 19 » Jean-Pierre Christin developed the centigrade temperature scale.
    • June 27 » In the Battle of Dettingen, George II becomes the last reigning British monarch to participate in a battle.
    • September 13 » Great Britain, Austria and the Kingdom of Sardinia sign the Treaty of Worms.
  • The temperature on December 19, 1773 was about 7.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south east. 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 1773: Source: Wikipedia
    • January 1 » The hymn that became known as "Amazing Grace", then titled "1 Chronicles 17:16–17" is first used to accompany a sermon led by John Newton in the town of Olney, Buckinghamshire, England.
    • January 17 » Captain James Cook leads the first expedition to sail south of the Antarctic Circle.
    • May 10 » The Parliament of Great Britain passes the Tea Act, designed to save the British East India Company by reducing taxes on its tea and granting it the right to sell tea directly to North America. The legislation leads to the Boston Tea Party.
    • June 1 » Wolraad Woltemade rescues 14 sailors at the Cape of Good Hope from the sinking ship De Jonge Thomas by riding his horse into the sea seven times. He drowned on his eighth attempt.
    • October 12 » America's first insane asylum opens.
    • December 16 » American Revolution: Boston Tea Party: Members of the Sons of Liberty disguised as Mohawk Indians dump hundreds of crates of tea into Boston harbor as a protest against the Tea Act.
  • The temperature on June 25, 1824 was about 18.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west-southwest. Weather type: betrokken winderig 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 year 1824: Source: Wikipedia
    • March 5 » First Anglo-Burmese War: The British officially declare war on Burma.
    • March 17 » The Anglo-Dutch Treaty is signed in London, dividing the Malay archipelago. As a result, the Malay Peninsula is dominated by the British, while Sumatra and Java and surrounding areas are dominated by the Dutch.
    • August 6 » Peruvian War of Independence: The Battle of Junín.
    • October 4 » Mexico adopts a new constitution and becomes a federal republic.
    • October 9 » Slavery in Latin America: Slavery is abolished in Costa Rica.
    • October 21 » Portland cement is patented.


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