Family tree Eric Esterhuizen » Elizabeth Cornelia PRETORIUS (1775-1815)

Personal data Elizabeth Cornelia PRETORIUS 


Household of Elizabeth Cornelia PRETORIUS

She is married to Hendrik Stephanus van der MERWE.

They got married on December 11, 1796, she was 21 years old.

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    Historical events

    Christening day November 12, 1775

    • The temperature on November 12, 1775 was about 7.0 °C. There was 132 mm of rainWind direction mainly south east. Weather type: betrokken regen. 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 1775: Source: Wikipedia
      • February 9 » American Revolutionary War: The British Parliament declares Massachusetts in rebellion.
      • April 14 » The first abolition society in North America is established. The Society for the Relief of Free Negroes Unlawfully Held in Bondage is organized in Philadelphia by Benjamin Franklin and Benjamin Rush.
      • September 8 » The unsuccessful Rising of the Priests in Malta.
      • September 25 » American Revolution: Benedict Arnold's expedition to Quebec sets off.
      • November 7 » John Murray, the Royal Governor of the Colony of Virginia, starts the first mass emancipation of slaves in North America by issuing Lord Dunmore's Offer of Emancipation, which offers freedom to slaves who abandoned their colonial masters to fight with Murray and the British.
      • December 3 » USSAlfred becomes the first vessel to fly the Grand Union Flag (the precursor to the Stars and Stripes); the flag is hoisted by John Paul Jones.

    Day of marriage December 11, 1796

    • The temperature on December 11, 1796 was about -2.0 °C. Wind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken. 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 1796: Source: Wikipedia
      • May 15 » War of the First Coalition: Napoleon enters Milan in triumph.
      • July 11 » The United States takes possession of Detroit from Great Britain under terms of the Jay Treaty.
      • July 22 » Surveyors of the Connecticut Land Company name an area in Ohio "Cleveland" after Gen. Moses Cleaveland, the superintendent of the surveying party.
      • August 5 » The Battle of Castiglione in Napoleon's first Italian campaigns of the French Revolutionary Wars.
      • November 17 » French Revolutionary Wars: Battle of the Bridge of Arcole: French forces defeat the Austrians in Italy.
      • December 31 » The incorporation of Baltimore as a city.

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