Family tree De Backer - Evers » Maria Catharina Mertens (1709-1776)

Personal data Maria Catharina Mertens 


Household of Maria Catharina Mertens

She is married to Mathias Waerseggers.

They got married on December 2, 1732 at Bekkevoort, she was 23 years old.


Child(ren):

  1. Mathias Waerseggers  1734-1735
  3. Barbara Waerseggers  1744-????

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Birthday October 25, 1709

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    Van 1702 tot 1747 kende Nederland (ookwel Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden) zijn Tweede Stadhouderloze Tijdperk.
  • In the year 1709: Source: Wikipedia
    • February 2 » Alexander Selkirk is rescued after being shipwrecked on a desert island, inspiring Daniel Defoe's adventure book Robinson Crusoe.
    • June 28 » Peter the Great defeats Charles XII of Sweden at the Battle of Poltava.
    • July 8 » Peter I of Russia defeats Charles XII of Sweden at the Battle of Poltava, thus effectively ending Sweden's status as a major power in Europe.
    • August 8 » Bartolomeu de Gusmão demonstrates the lifting power of hot air in an audience before the king of Portugal in Lisbon, Portugal.
    • August 28 » Meidingnu Pamheiba is crowned King of Manipur.
    • September 11 » Battle of Malplaquet: Great Britain, Netherlands and Austria fight against France.

Day of marriage December 2, 1732

  • The temperature on December 2, 1732 was about 2.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north. 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 1732: Source: Wikipedia
    • June 9 » James Oglethorpe is granted a royal charter for the colony of the future U.S. state of Georgia.
    • September 16 » In Campo Maior, Portugal, a storm hits the Armory and a violent explosion ensues, killing two thirds of its inhabitants.
    • November 29 » The magnitude 6.6 Irpinia earthquake causes 1,940 deaths in the former Kingdom of Naples, southern Italy.
    • December 7 » The Royal Opera House opens at Covent Garden, London, England.

Day of death November 16, 1776

  • The temperature on November 16, 1776 was about 14.0 °C. Wind direction mainly 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 1776: Source: Wikipedia
    • April 6 » American Revolutionary War: Ships of the Continental Navy fail in their attempt to capture a Royal Navy dispatch boat.
    • June 8 » American Revolutionary War: American attackers are driven back at the Battle of Trois-Rivières.
    • July 8 » Church bells (possibly including the Liberty Bell) are rung after John Nixon delivers the first public reading of the Declaration of Independence of the United States.
    • September 11 » British–American peace conference on Staten Island fails to stop nascent American Revolutionary War.
    • September 21 » Part of New York City is burned shortly after being occupied by British forces.
    • October 28 » American Revolutionary War: British troops attack and capture Chatterton Hill from the Continental Army.


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