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Personal data Cornelius HOFKENS 


Household of Cornelius HOFKENS

He is married to Catharina Neefs.

They got married on June 24, 1782 at Wuustwezel, provincie Antwerpen, he was 37 years old.


Child(ren):

  1. Anna Catharina HOFKENS  1783-1813 

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Cornelius HOFKENS

Cornelius HOFKENS
1744-1814

1782

Catharina Neefs
1751-1795

Anna Catharina HOFKENS
1783-1813

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Historical events

Birthday August 21, 1744

  • The temperature on August 21, 1744 was about 17.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west-northwest. Weather type: betrokken helder. 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 1744: Source: Wikipedia
    • February 22 » War of the Austrian Succession: The Battle of Toulon causes several Royal Navy captains to be court-martialed, and the Articles of War to be amended.
    • July 4 » The Treaty of Lancaster, in which the Iroquois cede lands between the Allegheny Mountains and the Ohio River to the British colonies, was signed in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
    • September 30 » War of the Austrian Succession: France and Spain defeat Sardinia at the Battle of Madonna dell'Olmo, but soon have to withdraw from Sardinia anyway.

Day of marriage June 24, 1782

  • The temperature on June 24, 1782 was about 18.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northeast. 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 1782: Source: Wikipedia
    • January 15 » Superintendent of Finance Robert Morris addresses the U.S. Congress to recommend establishment of a national mint and decimal coinage.
    • February 5 » Spanish defeat British forces and capture Menorca.
    • March 27 » Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham becomes Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
    • April 9 » American Revolutionary War: Battle of the Saintes begins.
    • June 10 » King Buddha Yodfa Chulaloke (Rama I) of Siam (modern day Thailand) is crowned.
    • December 14 » The Montgolfier brothers first test fly an unmanned hot air balloon in France; it floats nearly 2km (1.2mi).

Day of death September 28, 1814

  • The temperature on September 28, 1814 was about 22.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south-southeast. Weather type: half bewolkt. 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 1814: Source: Wikipedia
    • February 10 » Napoleonic Wars: The Battle of Champaubert ends in French victory over the Russians and the Prussians.
    • March 27 » War of 1812: In central Alabama, U.S. forces under General Andrew Jackson defeat the Creek at the Battle of Horseshoe Bend.
    • April 4 » Napoleon abdicates for the first time and names his son Napoleon II as Emperor of the French.
    • July 25 » War of 1812: An American attack on Canada is repulsed.
    • September 11 » War of 1812: The climax of the Battle of Plattsburgh, a major United States victory in the war.
    • October 1 » Opening of the Congress of Vienna, intended to redraw Europe's political map after the defeat of Napoleon the previous spring.


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