Sluzigers (e.a.) » Jacob Hendriks van Eijken (1783-1863)
Personal data Jacob Hendriks van Eijken
- He was born in the year 1783 in Zwartsluis.
- He was christened on May 4, 1783 in Zwartsluis.Source 1
Neeltjen Harms Schurink witnessed this.
- Profession: schipper.Source 2
op de (Oude) Rijn, schip 'de jonge Gerrit' (RHC Rijnstreek en Lopikerwaard) 1862
- Resident starting 1863: Eijk 1, nr. 55, Zwartsluis.Source 3
- He died on July 25, 1863 in Zwartsluis, he was 80 years old.Source 3
- Death registration on July 25, 1863.Source 3
Cornelis Strijker witnessed this.
Berend Korten witnessed this. - A child of Hendrik Lucas van Eijken and Geertjen Harms Schurink
- He was a witness at event on July 26, 1828 of Willem Hensen.
- He was a witness at event on January 18, 1827 of Theunis Estië.
- This information was last updated on January 24, 2026.
Household of Jacob Hendriks van Eijken
He is married to Grietjen Gerrits van Haarst.
Permission for the marriage has been obtained in Zwartsluis on October 18, 1806.Source 4
They got married on November 9, 1806 at Zwartsluis, he was 23 years old.Source 4bruid en bruidegom wonen in Zwartsluis
Child(ren):
- Hendrik Jacobs van Eijken 1819-1840
- Jennigje Jacobs van Eijken 1823-1872
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Historical events
Christening day May 4, 1783
- The temperature on May 4, 1783 was about 7.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east-northeast. Weather type: 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 1783: Source: Wikipedia
- February 7 » American Revolutionary War: French and Spanish forces lift the Great Siege of Gibraltar.
- May 18 » First United Empire Loyalists reach Parrtown (later called Saint John, New Brunswick), Canada, after leaving the United States.
- June 8 » Laki, a volcano in Iceland, begins an eight-month eruption which kills over 9,000 people and starts a seven-year famine.
- 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.
- December 23 » George Washington resigns as commander-in-chief of the Continental Army at the Maryland State House in Annapolis, Maryland.
Day of marriage November 9, 1806
- The temperature on November 9, 1806 was about 7.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south. Weather type: zeer betrokken. Source: KNMI
- This page is only available in Dutch.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 1806: Source: Wikipedia
- January 10 » Two British brigades occupy Cape Town after the Battle of Blaauwberg.
- April 21 » Action of 21 April 1806: A French frigate escapes British forces off the coast of South Africa.
- July 15 » Pike Expedition: United States Army Lieutenant Zebulon Pike begins an expedition from Fort Bellefontaine near St. Louis, Missouri, to explore the west.
- August 12 » Santiago de Liniers, 1st Count of Buenos Aires re-takes the city of Buenos Aires, Argentina after the first British invasion.
- September 23 » Lewis and Clark return to St. Louis after exploring the Pacific Northwest of the United States.
- October 9 » Prussia begins the War of the Fourth Coalition against France.
Day of death July 25, 1863
- The temperature on July 25, 1863 was about 16.6 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain. The air pressure was 9 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 83%. Source: KNMI
- Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
- In The Netherlands , there was from February 1, 1862 to February 10, 1866 the cabinet Thorbecke II, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
- In the year 1863: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
- February 17 » A group of citizens of Geneva founded an International Committee for Relief to the Wounded, which later became known as the International Committee of the Red Cross.
- June 17 » American Civil War: Battle of Aldie in the Gettysburg Campaign.
- June 20 » American Civil War: West Virginia is admitted as the 35th U.S. state.
- September 9 » American Civil War: The Union Army enters Chattanooga, Tennessee.
- October 30 » Danish Prince Vilhelm arrives in Athens to assume his throne as George I, King of the Hellenes.
- November 29 » American Civil War: Battle of Fort Sanders: Union forces under Ambrose Burnside successfully defend Knoxville, Tennessee from Confederate forces under James Longstreet.
Same birth/death day
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