Family tree Griffioen Jellema Friese Adel » Harmen Hessels Sminia (± 1770-1803)

Personal data Harmen Hessels Sminia 

  • He was born about 1770.
  • He died on January 4, 1803 in Wirdum, Leeuwarderadeel, Friesland, Nederland.
  • This information was last updated on February 6, 2014.

Household of Harmen Hessels Sminia

He is married to Lutske Ruurds (Luitske Lieutske Luurtske) Wiersma.

They got married on March 28, 1784 at Bozum, Baarderadeel, Friesland.

Trouwregister Hervormde gemeente Wirdum
Bron: DTB Trouwen
Soort registratie: DTB Trouwen inschrijving(Akte)datum: 28-03-1784
Plaats: Leeuwarden
Soort akte: bevestiging huwelijk
Bruidegom Harmen Hessels wonende te Wirdum
Bruid Luitske Ruurds wonende te Boksum

Child(ren):

  4. Murk Harmens Sminia  1793-1858 
  5. Pietje Harmens Sminia  1795-???? 

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Historical events

Day of marriage March 28, 1784

  • The temperature on March 28, 1784 was about 0 °C. There was 22 mm of rainWind direction mainly east. 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 1784: Source: Wikipedia
    • January 14 » American Revolutionary War: Ratification Day, United States - Congress ratifies the Treaty of Paris with Great Britain.
    • March 11 » The signing of the Treaty of Mangalore brings the Second Anglo-Mysore War to an end.
    • April 9 » The Treaty of Paris, ratified by the United States Congress on January 14, 1784, is ratified by King George III of the Kingdom of Great Britain, ending the American Revolutionary War. Copies of the ratified documents are exchanged on May 12, 1784.
    • June 4 » Élisabeth Thible becomes the first woman to fly in an untethered hot air balloon. Her flight covers four kilometres in 45 minutes, and reached 1,500 metres altitude (estimated).
    • August 23 » Western North Carolina (now eastern Tennessee) declares itself an independent state under the name of Franklin; it is not accepted into the United States, and only lasts for four years.
    • October 22 » Russia founds a colony on Kodiak Island, Alaska.

Day of death January 4, 1803

  • The temperature on January 4, 1803 was about 3.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east-northeast. Weather type: dampig winderig. 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 1803: Source: Wikipedia
    • February 24 » In Marbury v. Madison, the Supreme Court of the United States establishes the principle of judicial review.
    • July 5 » The Convention of Artlenburg is signed, leading to the French occupation of the Electorate of Hanover (which had been ruled by the British king).
    • September 6 » British scientist John Dalton begins using symbols to represent the atoms of different elements.
    • November 30 » In New Orleans, Spanish representatives officially transfer the Louisiana Territory to a French representative. Just 20 days later, France transfers the same land to the United States as the Louisiana Purchase.
    • November 30 » The Balmis Expedition starts in Spain with the aim of vaccinating millions against smallpox in Spanish America and Philippines.
    • December 20 » The Louisiana Purchase is completed at a ceremony in New Orleans.


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