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Personal data Gerben Douwes (Douwis) van der Werf 


Household of Gerben Douwes (Douwis) van der Werf

(1) He is married to Doetje Pieters.

They got married on May 17, 1785 at Workum, Nijefurd, Friesland.

They were married in church on May 17, 1785 at Workum, Nijefurd, Friesland.


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(2) He is married to Dieuke Eelkes (Dieuwke Djouke) de Jong.

They got married on May 4, 1790 at Workum, Nijefurd, Friesland.


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Historical events

Christening day January 12, 1756

  • The temperature on January 12, 1756 was about 8.0 °C. Wind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: geheel 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)
  • Regentes Anna (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1751 till 1759 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
  • In the year 1756: Source: Wikipedia
    • May 18 » The Seven Years' War begins when Great Britain declares war on France.
    • June 20 » A British garrison is imprisoned in the Black Hole of Calcutta.
    • July 30 » In Saint Petersburg, Bartolomeo Rastrelli presents the newly built Catherine Palace to Empress Elizabeth and her courtiers.
    • August 29 » Frederick the Great attacks Saxony, beginning the Seven Years' War in Europe.
    • September 8 » French and Indian War: Kittanning Expedition.

Day of marriage May 4, 1790

  • The temperature on May 4, 1790 was about 9.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north-northwest. Weather type: omtrent helder. Special wheather fenomena: noorderlicht. 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 1790: Source: Wikipedia
    • January 8 » George Washington delivers the first State of the Union address in New York City.
    • March 4 » France is divided into 83 départements, cutting across the former provinces in an attempt to dislodge regional loyalties based on ownership of land by the nobility.
    • July 9 » The Swedish Navy captures one third of the Russian Baltic fleet.
    • October 9 » A severe earthquake in northern Algeria causes severe damage and a tsunami in the Mediterranean Sea and kills three thousand.
    • October 22 » Northwest Indian War: Native American forces defeat the United States in the Harmar Campaign.
    • December 6 » The U.S. Congress moves from New York City to Philadelphia.

Day of death December 6, 1806

  • The temperature on December 6, 1806 was about 8.0 °C. Wind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: betrokken regen. 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 1806: Source: Wikipedia
    • January 1 » The French Republican Calendar is abolished.
    • January 8 » Cape Colony in southern Africa becomes a British colony as a result of the Battle of Blaauwberg.
    • May 30 » Future U.S. President Andrew Jackson kills Charles Dickinson in a duel.
    • July 15 » Pike Expedition: United States Army Lieutenant Zebulon Pike begins an expedition from Fort Bellefontaine near St. Louis, Missouri, to explore the west.
    • September 2 » A massive landslide destroys the town of Goldau, Switzerland, killing 457.
    • October 30 » War of the Fourth Coalition: Convinced that he is facing a much larger force, Prussian General von Romberg, commanding 5,300 men, surrenders the city of Stettin to 800 French soldiers.


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About the surname Van der Werf


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