Genealogy Van Melzen » Johannes Peter Vijgen (1731-1802)

Personal data Johannes Peter Vijgen 


Household of Johannes Peter Vijgen

(1) He is married to Maria Catharina Ceularts.

They got married on January 27, 1760 at Heerlen, he was 28 years old.


Child(ren):



(2) He is married to Maria Agatha Deheselle.

Source citation Rijckheyt, center for regional history in Heerlen (Netherlands), Notarial records Index op de notariele akten, notaris Cotzhuijsen, van Johan Bernard, 1782, Heerlen, archive 116, inventory number 103, record number 128 (beschikbaar op microfiche)

They got married on September 2, 1770 at Heerlen, he was 39 years old.


Child(ren):

  2. Jan Willem Vijgen  1774-1853
  3. Maria Jozefa Vijgen  1775-1853
  6. Theresia Vijgen  1785-1845
  9. Johan Peter Vijgen  1794-1821

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Historical events

Birthday September 1, 1731

Day of marriage September 2, 1770

  • The temperature on September 2, 1770 was about 16.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east by north. Weather type: omtrent helder. Special wheather fenomena: veel dauw. 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.
    • April 19 » Marie Antoinette marries Louis XVI of France in a proxy wedding.
    • 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.
    • 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).
    • August 21 » James Cook formally claims eastern Australia for Great Britain, naming it New South Wales.
    • November 14 » James Bruce discovers what he believes to be the source of the Nile.

Day of death August 30, 1802

  • The temperature on August 30, 1802 was about 18.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken. 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 1802: Source: Wikipedia
    • March 25 » The Treaty of Amiens is signed as a "Definitive Treaty of Peace" between France and the United Kingdom.
    • May 3 » Washington, D.C. is incorporated as a city after Congress abolishes the Board of Commissioners, the District's founding government. The "City of Washington" is given a mayor-council form of government.
    • May 19 » Napoleon Bonaparte founds the Legion of Honour.
    • July 22 » Emperor Gia Long conquers Hanoi and unified Viet Nam, which had experienced centuries of feudal warfare.
    • September 3 » William Wordsworth composes the sonnet "Composed upon Westminster Bridge, September 3, 1802".
    • September 11 » France annexes the Kingdom of Piedmont.


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