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Personal data Godefridus Scheijven 


Household of Godefridus Scheijven

(1) He is married to Petronella Geelen.

They got married on May 12, 1728 at Grathem.


Child(ren):

  1. Henricus Scheijven  1728-1728
  2. Joannes Scheijven  1731-1732
  3. Petrus Scheijven  1732-1813 
  4. Joannes Scheijven  1736-????
  5. Henricus Scheijven  1741-1742
  6. Henricus Scheijven  1744-????


(2) He is married to Maria Houben.

They got married on May 4, 1749 at Grathem.


Child(ren):


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Historical events

Christening day March 7, 1701

  • Stadhouder Prins Willem III (Huis van Oranje) was from 1672 till 1702 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
  • In the year 1701: Source: Wikipedia
    • March 9 » Safavid troops retreat from Basra, ending a three year occupation.
    • July 19 » Representatives of the Iroquois Confederacy sign the Nanfan Treaty, ceding a large territory north of the Ohio River to England.
    • July 24 » Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac founds the trading post at Fort Pontchartrain, which later becomes the city of Detroit.
    • August 4 » Great Peace of Montreal between New France and First Nations is signed.
    • September 16 » James Francis Edward Stuart, sometimes called the "Old Pretender", becomes the Jacobite claimant to the thrones of England and Scotland.
    • October 9 » The Collegiate School of Connecticut (later renamed Yale University) is chartered in Old Saybrook.

Day of marriage May 4, 1749

  • The temperature on May 4, 1749 was about 12.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south-southeast. Weather type: zeer betrokken. Source: KNMI
  • Erfstadhouder Prins Willem IV (Huis van Oranje) was from 1747 till 1751 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
  • In the year 1749: Source: Wikipedia
    • January 3 » Benning Wentworth issues the first of the New Hampshire Grants, leading to the establishment of Vermont.
    • January 3 » The first issue of Berlingske, Denmark's oldest continually operating newspaper, is published.
    • January 21 » The Teatro Filarmonico in Verona is destroyed by fire, as a result of a torch being left behind in the box of a nobleman after a performance. It is rebuilt in 1754.
    • May 19 » King George II of Great Britain grants the Ohio Company a charter of land around the forks of the Ohio River.
    • June 21 » Halifax, Nova Scotia, is founded.

Day of death March 10, 1766

  • The temperature on March 10, 1766 was about 4.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east-northeast. Weather type: mist 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 1766: Source: Wikipedia
    • March 5 » Antonio de Ulloa, the first Spanish governor of Louisiana, arrives in New Orleans.
    • March 18 » American Revolution: The British Parliament repeals the Stamp Act.
    • July 1 » François-Jean de la Barre, a young French nobleman, is tortured and beheaded before his body is burnt on a pyre along with a copy of Voltaire's Dictionnaire philosophique nailed to his torso for the crime of not saluting a Roman Catholic religious procession in Abbeville, France.
    • December 2 » Swedish parliament approved the Swedish Freedom of the Press Act and implemented it as a ground law, thus being first in the world with freedom of speech.
    • December 5 » In London, auctioneer James Christie holds his first sale.
    • December 25 » Mapuches in Chile launch a series of surprise attacks against the Spanish starting the Mapuche uprising of 1766.


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