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Personal data Geertruy Wijs 


Household of Geertruy Wijs

She is married to Philippus van Aalst.

They got married on March 17, 1782 at Hees, Gemeente Nijmegen, Gelderland, Netherlands.

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Historical events

Christening day October 5, 1749

  • The temperature on October 5, 1749 was about 14.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north-northeast. Weather type: betrokken geheel betrokken. 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 March 17, 1782

  • The temperature on March 17, 1782 was about 0 °C. Wind direction mainly northwest. 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)
  • In the year 1782: Source: Wikipedia
    • March 16 » American Revolutionary War: Spanish troops capture the British-held island of Roatán.
    • March 16 » Anglo-Spanish War (1779): Action of 16 March 1782.
    • April 9 » American Revolutionary War: Battle of the Saintes begins.
    • 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.
    • November 30 » American Revolutionary War: Treaty of Paris: In Paris, representatives from the United States and Great Britain sign preliminary peace articles (later formalized as the 1783 Treaty of Paris).

Day of burial October 1, 1803

  • The temperature on October 1, 1803 was about 13.0 °C. There was 44 mm of rainWind direction mainly northwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken. 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 1803: Source: Wikipedia
    • July 4 » The Louisiana Purchase is announced to the American people.
    • July 5 » The Convention of Artlenburg is signed, leading to the French occupation of the Electorate of Hanover (which had been ruled by the British king).
    • July 26 » The Surrey Iron Railway, arguably the world's first public railway, opens in south London, United Kingdom.
    • September 23 » Second Anglo-Maratha War: The Battle of Assaye is fought between the British East India Company and the Maratha Empire in India.
    • November 30 » In New Orleans, Spanish representatives officially transfer the Louisiana Territory to a French representative. Just 20 days later, France transfers the same land to the United States as the Louisiana Purchase.
    • December 20 » The Louisiana Purchase is completed at a ceremony in New Orleans.

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