Family tree Griffioen Jellema Friese Adel » Willem Douwes Bekius (1768-< 1811)

Personal data Willem Douwes Bekius 


Household of Willem Douwes Bekius

He is married to Dieuwke Sipkes Baarda.

They got married on April 28, 1793 at Vrouwenparochie, Het Bildt, Friesland, he was 24 years old.


Child(ren):

  2. Baukje Willems Bekius  1795-1833 
  3. Douwe Willems Bekius  1797-1864 

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Birthday April 30, 1768

  • The temperature on April 30, 1768 was about 9.0 °C. There was 26 mm of rainWind direction mainly northwest. Weather type: regen 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 1768: Source: Wikipedia
    • February 29 » Polish nobles form the Bar Confederation.
    • April 4 » In London, Philip Astley stages the first modern circus.
    • August 26 » Captain James Cook sets sail from England on board HMSEndeavour.
    • November 5 » Treaty of Fort Stanwix, the purpose of which is to adjust the boundary line between Indian lands and white settlements set forth in the Royal Proclamation of 1763 in the Thirteen Colonies.
    • December 10 » The first edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica is published.
    • December 28 » King Taksin's coronation achieved through conquest as a king of Thailand and established Thonburi as a capital.

Christening day June 12, 1768

  • The temperature on June 12, 1768 was about 18.0 °C. There was 48 mm of rainWind direction mainly south-southeast. Weather type: regen donder weerlicht. 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 1768: Source: Wikipedia
    • February 29 » Polish nobles form the Bar Confederation.
    • April 4 » In London, Philip Astley stages the first modern circus.
    • May 10 » Rioting occurs in London after John Wilkes is imprisoned for writing an article for The North Briton severely criticizing King George III.
    • November 5 » Treaty of Fort Stanwix, the purpose of which is to adjust the boundary line between Indian lands and white settlements set forth in the Royal Proclamation of 1763 in the Thirteen Colonies.
    • December 1 » The former slave ship Fredensborg sinks off Tromøya in Norway.
    • December 28 » King Taksin's coronation achieved through conquest as a king of Thailand and established Thonburi as a capital.

Day of marriage April 28, 1793

  • The temperature on April 28, 1793 was about 8.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northwest. Weather type: betrokken mist. 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 1793: Source: Wikipedia
    • July 9 » The Act Against Slavery in Upper Canada bans the importation of slaves and will free those who are born into slavery after the passage of the Act at 25 years of age.
    • July 22 » Alexander Mackenzie reaches the Pacific Ocean becoming the first recorded human to complete a transcontinental crossing of North America.
    • September 17 » War of the Pyrenees: France defeats a Spanish force at the Battle of Peyrestortes.
    • September 18 » The first cornerstone of the United States Capitol is laid by George Washington.
    • October 16 » War of the First Coalition: French victory at the Battle of Wattignies forces Austria to raise the siege of Maubeuge.
    • December 23 » The Battle of Savenay: A decisive defeat of the royalist counter-revolutionaries in War in the Vendée during the French Revolution.


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