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Personal data Gerrit Douwes Rolsma 


Household of Gerrit Douwes Rolsma

(1) He is married to Fokeltie (Fokkeltje) Feikes.

They got married on March 15, 1772 at Westhem, Blauwhuis, Wymbritseradeel, Friesland, he was 26 years old.


Child(ren):

  2. Feike Gerrits Rolsma  1775-< 1791
  3. Janke Gerrits Rolsma  1777-1859 
  4. Martzen Gerrits Rolsma  1779-1825 


(2) He is married to Tjiskje Piers (Tieschkjen) Annema.

They got married on August 28, 1785 at Wommels, Hennaarderadeel, Friesland, he was 40 years old.


Child(ren):

  1. Dieuwke Gerrits Rolsma  1786-1858 
  2. Douwe Gerrits Rolsma  1788-1863 
  4. Pier Gerrits Rolsma  1791-1850

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Birthday April 13, 1745

  • The temperature on April 13, 1745 was about 8.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north west from. Weather type: omtrent helder. Source: KNMI
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    Van 1702 tot 1747 kende Nederland (ookwel Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden) zijn Tweede Stadhouderloze Tijdperk.
  • In the year 1745: Source: Wikipedia
    • June 16 » War of the Austrian Succession: New England colonial troops under the command of William Pepperrell capture the Fortress of Louisbourg in Louisbourg, New France (Old Style date).
    • June 28 » A New England colonial army captures the French fortifications at Louisbourg (New Style).
    • July 26 » The first recorded women's cricket match takes place near Guildford, England.
    • August 19 » Ottoman–Persian War: In the Battle of Kars, the Ottoman army is routed by Persian forces led by Nader Shah.
    • November 8 » Charles Edward Stuart invades England with an army of ~5000 that would later participate in the Battle of Culloden.
    • December 4 » Charles Edward Stuart's army reaches Derby, its furthest point during the Second Jacobite Rising.

Christening day April 19, 1745

  • The temperature on April 19, 1745 was about 7.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south-southeast. Weather type: zeer betrokken omtrent helder. Source: KNMI
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    Van 1702 tot 1747 kende Nederland (ookwel Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden) zijn Tweede Stadhouderloze Tijdperk.
  • In the year 1745: Source: Wikipedia
    • May 11 » War of the Austrian Succession: French forces defeat an Anglo-Dutch–Hanoverian army.
    • June 16 » War of the Austrian Succession: New England colonial troops under the command of William Pepperrell capture the Fortress of Louisbourg in Louisbourg, New France (Old Style date).
    • August 19 » Prince Charles Edward Stuart raises his standard in Glenfinnan: The start of the Second Jacobite Rebellion, known as "the 45".
    • September 21 » A Hanoverian army is defeated, in ten minutes, by the Jacobite forces of Prince Charles Edward Stuart
    • November 8 » Charles Edward Stuart invades England with an army of ~5000 that would later participate in the Battle of Culloden.
    • December 4 » Charles Edward Stuart's army reaches Derby, its furthest point during the Second Jacobite Rising.

Day of marriage August 28, 1785

  • The temperature on August 28, 1785 was about 17.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west-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 1785: Source: Wikipedia
    • January 7 » Frenchman Jean-Pierre Blanchard and American John Jeffries travel from Dover, England, to Calais, France, in a gas balloon.
    • January 20 » Invading Siamese forces attempt to exploit the political chaos in Vietnam, but are ambushed and annihilated at the Mekong river by the Tây Sơn in the Battle of Rạch Gầm-Xoài Mút.
    • January 27 » The University of Georgia is founded, the first public university in the United States.
    • November 28 » The first Treaty of Hopewell is signed, by which the United States acknowledges Cherokee lands in what is now East Tennessee.

Day of death May 21, 1804

  • The temperature on May 21, 1804 was about 15.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northeast. 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 1804: Source: Wikipedia
    • February 14 » Karađorđe leads the First Serbian Uprising against the Ottoman Empire.
    • March 21 » Code Napoléon is adopted as French civil law.
    • May 14 » William Clark and 42 men depart from Camp Dubois to join Meriwether Lewis at St. Charles, Missouri, marking the beginning of the Lewis and Clark Expedition's historic journey up the Missouri River.
    • May 18 » Napoleon Bonaparte is proclaimed Emperor of the French by the French Senate.
    • May 22 » The Lewis and Clark Expedition officially begins as the Corps of Discovery departs from St. Charles, Missouri.
    • September 25 » The Teton Sioux (a subdivision of the Lakota) demand one of the boats from the Lewis and Clark Expedition as a toll for allowing the expedition to move further upriver.


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