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Personal data Tonnis Folkers 


Household of Tonnis Folkers

He is married to Janke Tjakkes.

They got married on January 27, 1775 at Groningen, Groningen, Nederland.


Child(ren):

  1. Folkert Teunis Folkers  1791-1874 

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Tonnis Folkers

Tonnis Folkers
± 1752-1822

1775

Janke Tjakkes
1764-????

Folkert Teunis Folkers
1791-1874

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Historical events

Christening day May 22, 1752

  • The temperature on May 22, 1752 was about 13.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east-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)
  • Regentes Anna (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1751 till 1759 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
  • In the year 1752: Source: Wikipedia
    • February 29 » King Alaungpaya founds Konbaung Dynasty, the last dynasty of Burmese monarchy.
    • April 20 » Start of Konbaung–Hanthawaddy War, a new phase in the Burmese Civil War (1740–57).
    • June 15 » Benjamin Franklin proves that lightning is electricity (traditional date, the exact date is unknown).
    • September 2 » Great Britain, along with its overseas possessions, adopts the Gregorian calendar.
    • September 14 » The British Empire adopts the Gregorian calendar, skipping eleven days (the previous day was September 2).

Day of marriage January 27, 1775

  • The temperature on January 27, 1775 was about 4.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south-southwest. 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 1775: Source: Wikipedia
    • April 14 » The first abolition society in North America is established. The Society for the Relief of Free Negroes Unlawfully Held in Bondage is organized in Philadelphia by Benjamin Franklin and Benjamin Rush.
    • July 26 » The office that would later become the United States Post Office Department is established by the Second Continental Congress. Benjamin Franklin of Pennsylvania takes office as Postmaster General.
    • September 25 » American Revolution: Benedict Arnold's expedition to Quebec sets off.
    • October 18 » African-American poet Phillis Wheatley is freed from slavery.
    • December 5 » At Fort Ticonderoga, Henry Knox begins his historic transport of artillery to Cambridge, Massachusetts.
    • December 31 » American Revolutionary War: Battle of Quebec: British forces repulse an attack by Continental Army General Richard Montgomery.

Day of death August 18, 1822

  • The temperature on August 18, 1822 was about 19.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northwest. 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 1822: Source: Wikipedia
    • January 15 » Greek War of Independence: Demetrios Ypsilantis is elected president of the legislative assembly.
    • February 24 » The first Swaminarayan temple in the world, Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, Ahmedabad, is inaugurated.
    • May 16 » Greek War of Independence: The Turks capture the Greek town of Souli.
    • May 26 » One hundred sixteen people die in the Grue Church fire, the biggest fire disaster in Norway's history.
    • September 7 » Dom Pedro I declares Brazil independent from Portugal on the shores of the Ipiranga Brook in São Paulo.
    • December 1 » Peter I is crowned Emperor of Brazil.


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