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Personal data Godefridus Kessels 


Household of Godefridus Kessels

(1) He is married to Lucia Heldens.

They got married on July 11, 1775 at Maasbree, he was 26 years old.


Child(ren):

  1. Marguerite Kessels  1776-1811


(2) He is married to Maria Gertrudis Tulmans.

They got married on May 2, 1782 at Helden, he was 32 years old.

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Godefridus Kessels

Godefridus Kessels
1749-1813

(1) 1775

Lucia Heldens
1751-1781

Marguerite Kessels
1776-1811
(2) 1782

Maria Gertrudis Tulmans
1754-1832


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Birthday June 28, 1749

  • The temperature on June 28, 1749 was about 15.0 °C. There was 44 mm of rainWind direction mainly south. Weather type: geheel betrokken regen. Source: KNMI
  • Erfstadhouder Prins Willem IV (Huis van Oranje) was from 1747 till 1751 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
  • In the year 1749: Source: Wikipedia
    • January 3 » Benning Wentworth issues the first of the New Hampshire Grants, leading to the establishment of Vermont.
    • January 3 » The first issue of Berlingske, Denmark's oldest continually operating newspaper, is published.
    • January 21 » The Teatro Filarmonico in Verona is destroyed by fire, as a result of a torch being left behind in the box of a nobleman after a performance. It is rebuilt in 1754.
    • May 19 » King George II of Great Britain grants the Ohio Company a charter of land around the forks of the Ohio River.
    • June 21 » Halifax, Nova Scotia, is founded.

Day of marriage May 2, 1782

  • The temperature on May 2, 1782 was about 4.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northeast. 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 1782: Source: Wikipedia
    • January 7 » The first American commercial bank, the Bank of North America, opens.
    • March 16 » American Revolutionary War: Spanish troops capture the British-held island of Roatán.
    • April 6 » King Buddha Yodfa Chulaloke (Rama I) of Siam (modern day Thailand) establishes the Chakri dynasty.
    • June 20 » The U.S. Congress adopts the Great Seal of the United States.
    • August 7 » George Washington orders the creation of the Badge of Military Merit to honor soldiers wounded in battle. It is later renamed to the more poetic Purple Heart.
    • September 14 » American Revolutionary War: Review of the French troops under General Rochambeau by General George Washington at Verplanck's Point, New York.

Day of death May 4, 1813

  • The temperature on May 4, 1813 was about 15.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northeast. Weather type: half bewolkt donder. 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 1813: Source: Wikipedia
    • April 27 » War of 1812: American troops capture York, the capital of Upper Canada, in the Battle of York.
    • May 24 » South American independence leader Simón Bolívar enters Mérida, leading the invasion of Venezuela, and is proclaimed El Libertador ("The Liberator").
    • May 27 » War of 1812: In Canada, American forces capture Fort George.
    • June 22 » War of 1812: After learning of American plans for a surprise attack on Beaver Dams in Ontario, Laura Secord sets out on a 30 kilometer journey on foot to warn Lieutenant James FitzGibbon.
    • July 23 » Sir Thomas Maitland is appointed as the first Governor of Malta, transforming the island from a British protectorate to a de facto colony.
    • October 26 » War of 1812: A combined force of British regulars, Canadian militia, and Mohawks defeat the Americans in the Battle of the Chateauguay.


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