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Personal data Petrus Janssens 


Household of Petrus Janssens

(1) He is married to Maria Gheens.

They got married on February 4, 1741 at Rotselaar, he was 32 years old.

Echtgeno(o)t(e): Petrus Janssens

Child(ren):

  2. Adrianus Janssens  1745-1823 
  3. Joannes Janssens  1747-1792
  4. Catharina Janssens  1750-1750
  5. Jacobus Janssens  1751-1753
  7. Anna Maria Janssens  1755-1837
  8. Anna Maria Janssens  1758-1758


(2) He is married to Barbara Poortmans - Portmans.

They got married on April 27, 1766 at Rotselaar, he was 57 years old.

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Historical events

Birthday July 30, 1708

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    Van 1702 tot 1747 kende Nederland (ookwel Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden) zijn Tweede Stadhouderloze Tijdperk.
  • In the year 1708: Source: Wikipedia
    • March 11 » Queen Anne withholds Royal Assent from the Scottish Militia Bill, the last time a British monarch vetoes legislation.
    • March 23 » James Francis Edward Stuart lands at the Firth of Forth as part of the planned French invasion of Britain.
    • September 11 » Charles XII of Sweden stops his march to conquer Moscow outside Smolensk, marking the turning point in the Great Northern War. The army is defeated nine months later in the Battle of Poltava, and the Swedish Empire ceases to be a major power.
    • October 9 » Peter the Great defeats the Swedes at the Battle of Lesnaya.

Day of marriage April 27, 1766

  • The temperature on April 27, 1766 was about 14.0 °C. There was 22 mm of rainWind direction mainly north by west. Weather type: regen donker. Special wheather fenomena: dauw. 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.
    • May 22 » A large earthquake causes heavy damage and loss of life in Istanbul and the Marmara region.
    • 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.
    • November 10 » The last colonial governor of New Jersey, William Franklin, signs the charter of Queen's College (later renamed Rutgers University).
    • December 25 » Mapuches in Chile launch a series of surprise attacks against the Spanish starting the Mapuche uprising of 1766.

Day of death March 30, 1797

  • The temperature on March 30, 1797 was about 7.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north west from. Weather type: zeer betrokken. 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 1797: Source: Wikipedia
    • February 18 » French Revolutionary Wars: Sir Ralph Abercromby and a fleet of 18 British warships invade Trinidad.
    • March 16 » French Revolutionary Wars: An Austrian column is defeated by the French in the Battle of Valvasone.
    • April 17 » Citizens of Verona begin an unsuccessful eight-day rebellion against the French occupying forces.
    • June 28 » French troops disembark in Corfu, beginning the French rule in the Ionian Islands.
    • July 25 » Horatio Nelson loses more than 300 men and his right arm during the failed conquest attempt of Tenerife (Spain).
    • October 22 » André-Jacques Garnerin makes the first recorded parachute jump, from one thousand meters (3,200 feet) above Paris.


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