Family tree Corbey » Jacob Cornelisz Witte (1737-1779)

Personal data Jacob Cornelisz Witte 


Household of Jacob Cornelisz Witte

He is married to Lena van Aerden.

Their notice of marriage was on November 16, 1764 in Kruiningen.

They got married on December 4, 1764 at Kruiningen.


Child(ren):

  1. Maria Witte  1768-1847 

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Historical events

Christening day January 6, 1737

  • The temperature on January 6, 1737 was about 8.0 °C. There was 46 mm of rainWind direction mainly northwest. Weather type: geheel betrokken. Source: KNMI
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    Van 1702 tot 1747 kende Nederland (ookwel Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden) zijn Tweede Stadhouderloze Tijdperk.
  • In the year 1737: Source: Wikipedia
    • March 28 » The Marathas under Baji Rao I attack and defeat the Mughals in the Battle of Delhi.
    • September 20 » The finish of the Walking Purchase which forces the cession of 1.2 million acres (4,860km²) of Lenape-Delaware tribal land to the Pennsylvania Colony.
    • November 4 » The Teatro di San Carlo, the oldest working opera house in Europe, is inaugurated in Naples, Italy.
    • December 24 » The Marathas defeat the combined forces of the Mughal Empire, Rajputs of Jaipur, Nizam of Hyderabad, Nawab of Awadh and Nawab of Bengal in the Battle of Bhopal.

Day of marriage December 4, 1764

  • The temperature on December 4, 1764 was about 5.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west. 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)
  • Regent Lodewijk Ernst (Hertog van Brunswijk-Wolfenbüttel) was from 1759 till 1766 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
  • In the year 1764: Source: Wikipedia
    • January 19 » Bolle Willum Luxdorph records in his diary that a mail bomb, possibly the world's first, has severely injured the Danish Colonel Poulsen, residing at Børglum Abbey.
    • January 19 » John Wilkes is expelled from the British House of Commons for seditious libel.
    • February 15 » The city of St. Louis is established in Spanish Louisiana (now in Missouri, USA).
    • September 7 » Election of Stanisław August Poniatowski as the last ruler of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.

Day of death May 23, 1779

  • The temperature on May 23, 1779 was about 13.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north by east. 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 1779: Source: Wikipedia
    • February 14 » James Cook is killed by Native Hawaiians near Kealakekua on the Island of Hawaii.
    • June 1 » The court-martial for malfeasance of Benedict Arnold, a general in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War, begins.
    • June 24 » American Revolutionary War: The Great Siege of Gibraltar begins.
    • July 16 » American Revolutionary War: Light infantry of the Continental Army seize a fortified British Army position in a midnight bayonet attack at the Battle of Stony Point.
    • September 16 » American Revolutionary War: The Franco-American Siege of Savannah begins.
    • October 18 » American Revolutionary War: The Franco-American Siege of Savannah is lifted.


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