Genealogy Van Melzen » Egbert Freerks Veenstra (± 1757-1826)

Personal data Egbert Freerks Veenstra 

  • He was born about 1757.
  • He died on December 12, 1826 in Noorder, Drachten.
  • This information was last updated on November 14, 2021.

Household of Egbert Freerks Veenstra

He is married to Antje Jans Modderman.

They got married on November 23, 1783 at Drachten.


Child(ren):

  1. Jan Egberts Veenstra  ± 1785-1879 
  2. Sjoerd Egberts Veenstra  ± 1790-????
  3. Sijke Egberts Veenstra  ± 1801-????

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Historical events

  • The temperature on November 23, 1783 was about 4.0 °C. There was 44 mm of rainWind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: 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 1783: Source: Wikipedia
    • March 15 » In an emotional speech in Newburgh, New York, George Washington asks his officers not to support the Newburgh Conspiracy. The plea is successful and the threatened coup d'état never takes place.
    • July 25 » American Revolutionary War: The war's last action, the Siege of Cuddalore, is ended by a preliminary peace agreement.
    • August 4 » Mount Asama erupts in Japan, killing about 1,400 people. The eruption causes a famine, which results in an additional 20,000 deaths.
    • August 18 » A huge fireball meteor is seen across Great Britain as it passes over the east coast.
    • November 3 » The American Continental Army is disbanded.
    • November 25 » American Revolutionary War: The last British troops leave New York City three months after the signing of the Treaty of Paris.
  • The temperature on December 12, 1826 was about 10.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south-southeast. Weather type: betrokken 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 1826: Source: Wikipedia
    • January 30 » The Menai Suspension Bridge, considered the world's first modern suspension bridge, connecting the Isle of Anglesey to the north West coast of Wales, is opened.
    • February 24 » The signing of the Treaty of Yandabo marks the end of the First Anglo-Burmese War.
    • April 1 » Samuel Morey received a patent for a compressionless "Gas or Vapor Engine".
    • July 4 » John Adams and Thomas Jefferson, respectively the second and third presidents of the United States, die the same day, on the fiftieth anniversary of the adoption of the United States Declaration of Independence. Adams' last words were, "Thomas Jefferson survives."
    • August 18 » Major Gordon Laing becomes the first non-Muslim to enter Timbuktu.
    • October 7 » The Granite Railway begins operations as the first chartered railway in the U.S.


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