Family tree De Backer - Evers » Petrus Veltens (1754-1838)
Personal data Petrus Veltens
- He was born on April 18, 1754 in Sint-Pieters-Rode, Holsbeek.
Attention: Was younger than 16 years old (0) when child (Maria Catharina Veltens) died (March 4, 1714). - He died on December 5, 1838 in Kortrijk-Dutsel, Holsbeek, he was 84 years old.
- A child of Petrus Veltens - Veltes and Elisabeth Bosmans
Household of Petrus Veltens
He is married to Anna Margareta Verloey.
They got married starting 1774, he was 19 years old.
Child(ren):
- Maria Theresia Veltens 1785-1867
- Maria Catharina Veltens 1788-1714
- Elisabeth Veltens 1792-1877
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Historical events
Birthday April 18, 1754
- The temperature on April 18, 1754 was about 4.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west-southwest. Weather type: hagel sneeuw regen 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 1754: Source: Wikipedia
- January 28 » Sir Horace Walpole coins the word serendipity in a letter to a friend.
- May 28 » French and Indian War: In the first engagement of the war, Virginia militia under the 22-year-old Lieutenant colonel George Washington defeat a French reconnaissance party in the Battle of Jumonville Glen in what is now Fayette County in southwestern Pennsylvania.
- July 3 » French and Indian War: George Washington surrenders Fort Necessity to French forces.
Day of death December 5, 1838
- The temperature on December 5, 1838 was about 8.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south-southwest. Weather type: half bewolkt regen. Source: KNMI
- This page is only available in Dutch.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 1838: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 2.9 million citizens.
- February 17 » Weenen massacre: Hundreds of Voortrekkers along the Blaukraans River, Natal are killed by Zulus.
- February 28 » Robert Nelson, leader of the Patriotes, proclaims the independence of Lower Canada (today Quebec).
- April 30 » Nicaragua declares independence from the Central American Federation.
- June 28 » Coronation of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom.
- September 1 » Saint Andrew's Scots School, the oldest school of British origin in South America, is established.
- September 3 » Future abolitionist Frederick Douglass escapes from slavery.
Same birth/death day
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- 1759 » Jacques Widerkehr, French cellist and composer († 1823)
- 1771 » Karl Philipp, Prince of Schwarzenberg († 1820)
- 1772 » David Ricardo, British economist and politician († 1823)
- 1794 » William Debenham, English founder of Debenhams († 1863)
- 1797 » Adolphe Thiers, French historian and politician, 2nd President of France († 1877)
- 1784 » Phillis Wheatley, Senegal-born slave, later American poet (b. 1753)
- 1791 » Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Austrian composer and musician (b. 1756)
- 1819 » Friedrich Leopold zu Stolberg-Stolberg, German poet and lawyer (b. 1750)
- 1870 » Alexandre Dumas, French novelist and playwright (b. 1802)
- 1887 » Eliza R. Snow, American poet and songwriter (b. 1804)
- 1891 » Pedro II of Brazil (b. 1825)
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