Family tree De Backer - Evers » Gillis Cant (1764-1830)

Personal data Gillis Cant 


Household of Gillis Cant

He is married to Joanna Judoca van Royenmacker.

They got married on June 12, 1792 at Beveren, he was 27 years old.


Child(ren):

  1. Cornlius Cant  1799-1872 

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Gillis Cant

Judocus Cant
± 1685-1750
Michael Cant
1736-1792

Gillis Cant
1764-1830

1792
Cornlius Cant
1799-1872

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Historical events

  • The temperature on November 17, 1764 was about 2.0 °C. Wind direction mainly 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)
  • 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.
  • The temperature on June 12, 1792 was about 15.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west-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 1792: Source: Wikipedia
    • January 9 » Treaty of Jassy between Russian and Ottoman Empire is signed.
    • May 15 » War of the First Coalition: France declares war on Kingdom of Sardinia.
    • May 17 » The New York Stock Exchange is formed under the Buttonwood Agreement.
    • August 10 » French Revolution: Storming of the Tuileries Palace: Louis XVI of France is arrested and taken into custody as his Swiss Guards are massacred by the Parisian mob.
    • August 13 » King Louis XVI of France is formally arrested by the National Tribunal, and declared an enemy of the people.
    • September 11 » The Hope Diamond is stolen along with other French crown jewels when six men break into the house where they are stored.
  • The temperature on July 5, 1830 was about 18.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north. Weather type: omtrent betrokken regen. 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 1830: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 2.6 million citizens.
    • April 6 » Church of Christ, the original church of the Latter Day Saint movement, is organized by Joseph Smith and others at either Fayette or Manchester, New York.
    • May 3 » The Canterbury and Whitstable Railway is opened; it is the first steam-hauled passenger railway to issue season tickets and include a tunnel.
    • May 13 » Ecuador gains its independence from Gran Colombia.
    • August 2 » Charles X of France abdicates the throne in favor of his grandson Henri.
    • August 25 » The Belgian Revolution begins.
    • September 11 » Anti-Masonic Party convention; one of the first American political party conventions.


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