Family tree Eric Esterhuizen » Hendrik Christiaan WILKEN (1766-????)

Personal data Hendrik Christiaan WILKEN 

  • He was born in the year 1766.
  • He was christened on April 27, 1766.
  • This information was last updated on September 11, 2010.

Household of Hendrik Christiaan WILKEN

He is married to Elizabeth PRETORIUS.

They got married on April 21, 1793, he was 27 years old.

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Historical events

Christening day April 27, 1766

  • The temperature on April 27, 1766 was about 14.0 °C. There was 22 mm of rainWind direction mainly north by west. Weather type: regen donker. Special wheather fenomena: dauw. 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 1766: Source: Wikipedia
    • March 5 » Antonio de Ulloa, the first Spanish governor of Louisiana, arrives in New Orleans.
    • March 18 » American Revolution: The British Parliament repeals the Stamp Act.
    • May 22 » A large earthquake causes heavy damage and loss of life in Istanbul and the Marmara region.
    • July 1 » François-Jean de la Barre, a young French nobleman, is tortured and beheaded before his body is burnt on a pyre along with a copy of Voltaire's Dictionnaire philosophique nailed to his torso for the crime of not saluting a Roman Catholic religious procession in Abbeville, France.
    • December 2 » Swedish parliament approved the Swedish Freedom of the Press Act and implemented it as a ground law, thus being first in the world with freedom of speech.
    • December 25 » Mapuches in Chile launch a series of surprise attacks against the Spanish starting the Mapuche uprising of 1766.

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