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Personal data Cornelis Willems 


Household of Cornelis Willems

He is married to Helena Reuvis.

They got married on April 9, 1769 at Genk, he was 28 years old.


Child(ren):

  1. Elisabeth Willems  1770-1809 

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Cornelis Willems

Cornelis Willems
1741-1815

1769

Helena Reuvis
1750-1805

Elisabeth Willems
1770-1809

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Historical events

Birthday March 2, 1741

  • The temperature on March 2, 1741 was about 3.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north-northeast. Weather type: zeer betrokken. Source: KNMI
  •  This page is only available in Dutch.
    Van 1702 tot 1747 kende Nederland (ookwel Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden) zijn Tweede Stadhouderloze Tijdperk.
  • In the year 1741: Source: Wikipedia
    • March 18 » New York governor George Clarke's complex at Fort George is burned in an arson attack, starting the New York Conspiracy of 1741.
    • April 10 » War of the Austrian Succession: Prussia gains control of Silesia at the Battle of Mollwitz.
    • June 25 » Maria Theresa is crowned Queen of Hungary.
    • July 15 » Aleksei Chirikov sights land in Southeast Alaska. He sends men ashore in a longboat, making them the first Europeans to visit Alaska.
    • July 31 » Charles Albert of Bavaria invades Upper Austria and Bohemia.
    • September 14 » George Frideric Handel completes his oratorio Messiah.

Day of marriage April 9, 1769

  • The temperature on April 9, 1769 was about 5.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east-southeast. 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 1769: Source: Wikipedia
    • July 14 » An expedition led by Gaspar de Portolá leaves its base in California and sets out to find the Port of Monterey (now Monterey, California).
    • July 16 » Father Junípero Serra founds California's first mission, Mission San Diego de Alcalá. Over the following decades, it evolves into the city of San Diego, California.
    • December 13 » Dartmouth College is founded by the Reverend Eleazar Wheelock, with a royal charter from King George III, on land donated by Royal governor John Wentworth.
    • December 22 » Sino-Burmese War: The war ends with an uneasy truce.

Day of death September 23, 1815

  • The temperature on September 23, 1815 was about 13.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east. Weather type: betrokken 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 1815: Source: Wikipedia
    • January 3 » Austria, the United Kingdom, and France form a secret defensive alliance against Prussia and Russia.
    • January 13 » War of 1812: British troops capture Fort Peter in St. Marys, Georgia, the only battle of the war to take place in the state.
    • January 15 » War of 1812: American frigate USSPresident, commanded by Commodore Stephen Decatur, is captured by a squadron of four British frigates.
    • March 9 » Francis Ronalds describes the first battery-operated clock in the Philosophical Magazine.
    • June 18 » Napoleonic Wars: The Battle of Waterloo results in the defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte by the Duke of Wellington and Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher forcing him to abdicate the throne of France for the second and last time.
    • July 15 » Napoleonic Wars: Napoleon Bonaparte surrenders aboard HMSBellerophon.


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