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Personal data Peter Snellen 

  • He was christened on May 17, 1754 in Tilburg.
    Doopakte Petrus Snellen 17-05-1754 Tilburg
    Gemeente Tilburg
    Brontype boek
    Archiefnummer 15
    Archiefnaam Doop-, trouw- en begraafboeken Tilburg en Goirle 1600-1810
    Deelnummer 9
    Bronnaam doopboek
    Registernaam 09 doopboek 1741-1756 (RK)
    Periode register 1741-1756
    Pagina 105
    Plaats Tilburg
    Datum 17-05-1754

    Kind Petrus Snellen

    Vader Adriani Snellen

    Moeder Joanna de Beer
  • He died on October 18, 1809 in Tilburg.
  • A child of Adriaan Peter Snellen and Johanna Adriaan de Beer
  • This information was last updated on June 11, 2011.

Household of Peter Snellen

He is married to Wilhelmina de Rooij.

They got married on April 19, 1789 at Tilburg.

Trouwakte Peter Snellen Tilburg
Gemeente Tilburg
Brontype boek
Archiefnummer 15
Archiefnaam Doop-, trouw- en begraafboeken Tilburg en Goirle 1600-1810
Deelnummer 21
Bronnaam trouwboek
Registernaam 21 trouwboek 1787-1801 (Nederduits gereformeerd)
Periode register 1787-1801
Datum trouw wet 1789-04-04
Plaats trouw wet Tilburg
Datum trouw wet 1789-04-19

Bruidegom Peter Snellen

Bruid Willemijna de Rooij

Child(ren):

  1. Johanna Maria Snellen  1792-1862 
  2. Adriana Snellen  -1868 
  4. Adrianus Snellen  1800-1862 

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Christening day May 17, 1754

  • The temperature on May 17, 1754 was about 14.0 °C. Wind direction mainly southwest by west. 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)
  • 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 marriage April 19, 1789

  • The temperature on April 19, 1789 was about 10.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west-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 1789: Source: Wikipedia
    • January 21 » The first American novel, The Power of Sympathy or the Triumph of Nature Founded in Truth by William Hill Brown, is printed in Boston.
    • June 20 » Deputies of the French Third Estate take the Tennis Court Oath.
    • August 4 » France: Members of the National Constituent Assembly take an oath to end feudalism and abandon their privileges.
    • September 22 » Battle of Rymnik: Alexander Suvorov's Russian and allied army defeats superior Ottoman Empire forces.
    • September 22 » The office of United States Postmaster General is established.
    • September 25 » The United States Congress passes twelve constitutional amendments: the ten known as the Bill of Rights, the (unratified) Congressional Apportionment Amendment, and the Congressional Compensation Amendment.

Day of death October 18, 1809

  • The temperature on October 18, 1809 was about 11.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south. Weather type: betrokken mist. 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 1809: Source: Wikipedia
    • March 13 » Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden is deposed in the Coup of 1809.
    • April 11 » An incomplete British victory over the French fleet at the Battle of the Basque Roads results in the court-martial of James, Lord Gambier.
    • April 20 » Two Austrian army corps in Bavaria are defeated by a First French Empire army led by Napoleon at the Battle of Abensberg on the second day of a four-day campaign that ended in a French victory.
    • May 21 » The first day of the Battle of Aspern-Essling between the Austrian army led by Archduke Charles and the French army led by Napoleon I of France sees the French attack across the Danube held.
    • July 5 » The largest battle of the Napoleonic Wars, the Battle of Wagram is fought between the French and Austrian Empires.
    • July 6 » The second day of the Battle of Wagram; France defeats the Austrian army in the largest battle to date of the Napoleonic Wars.


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