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Personal data Jan Durks 

  • He was born on May 18, 1783 in Kollum.
  • He was christened on June 15, 1783 in Kollum.
  • He died on July 30, 1811 in Westergeest, he was 28 years old.
    Overlijdensakte Kollumerland, 1811, akte nr. 9
    Acte van overlijden van Jan Dirks, arbeider, overleeden te Westergeest de 30sten July 1811 ten 4 uur namiddag, oud 28 jaaren, gehuwd met Jantie Willems, gebooren te Collum, zoon van Dirk Dirks en Janke Martens, volgens opgave welke ons is gedaan door Wybe .., huisman, oud 50 jaaren en Kornelus Geerts, arbeider, oud 50 jaaren, alle woonende te Westergeest, gebuuren van dezelve.

    Reg. v. overledenen DTB 1025F: Jan Dirks, overleden te W.geest op 30 jul 1811, 28 jaar, 2 k, geallimtrd.
  • A child of Dirk Dirks and Janke Wanders
  • This information was last updated on July 2, 2009.

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Dirk Dirks
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Jan Durks
1783-1811


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  • The temperature on May 18, 1783 was about 14.0 °C. There was 22 mm of rainWind direction mainly north by east. Weather type: 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 1783: Source: Wikipedia
    • February 7 » American Revolutionary War: French and Spanish forces lift the Great Siege of Gibraltar.
    • July 25 » American Revolutionary War: The war's last action, the Siege of Cuddalore, is ended by a preliminary peace agreement.
    • September 3 » American Revolutionary War: The war ends with the signing of the Treaty of Paris by the United States and the Kingdom of Great Britain.
    • November 3 » The American Continental Army is disbanded.
    • November 29 » A 5.3 magnitude earthquake strikes New Jersey.
    • December 4 » At Fraunces Tavern in New York City, U.S. General George Washington bids farewell to his officers.
  • The temperature on June 15, 1783 was about 18.0 °C. There was 22 mm of rainWind direction mainly south east. 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 1783: Source: Wikipedia
    • February 3 » Spain–United States relations are first established.
    • February 5 » In Calabria, a sequence of strong earthquakes begins.
    • May 18 » First United Empire Loyalists reach Parrtown (later called Saint John, New Brunswick), Canada, after leaving the United States.
    • August 18 » A huge fireball meteor is seen across Great Britain as it passes over the east coast.
    • September 3 » American Revolutionary War: The war ends with the signing of the Treaty of Paris by the United States and the Kingdom of Great Britain.
    • November 25 » American Revolutionary War: The last British troops leave New York City three months after the signing of the Treaty of Paris.
  • The temperature on July 30, 1811 was about 19.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north-northwest. Weather type: half bewolkt. 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 1811: Source: Wikipedia
    • March 1 » Leaders of the Mamluk dynasty are killed by Egyptian ruler Muhammad Ali.
    • March 2 » Argentine War of Independence: A royalist fleet defeats a small flotilla of revolutionary ships in the Battle of San Nicolás on the River Plate.
    • May 14 » Paraguay: Pedro Juan Caballero, Fulgencio Yegros and José Gaspar Rodríguez de Francia start actions to depose the Spanish governor.
    • June 16 » Survivors of an attack the previous day by Tla-o-qui-aht on board the Pacific Fur Company's ship Tonquin, intentionally detonate a powder magazine on the ship, destroying it and killing about 100attackers.
    • October 11 » The Juliana begins operation as the first steam-powered ferry in New York harbor.
    • November 7 » Tecumseh's War: The Battle of Tippecanoe is fought near present-day Battle Ground, Indiana, United States.


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