Family tree Griffioen Jellema Friese Adel » Akke Durks (± 1755-1808)

Personal data Akke Durks 


Household of Akke Durks

She is married to Douwe Oenes Hooghiemstra.

They got married on February 15, 1778 at Boornbergum, Smallingerland, Friesland.

They were married in church on February 15, 1778 at Boornbergum, Smallingerland, Friesland.


Child(ren):

  1. Fettje Douwes Hooghiemstra  ± 1777-1855 
  2. Oene Douwes Hooghiemstra  ± 1795-1865 

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Historical events

  • The temperature on February 15, 1778 was about 3.0 °C. Wind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: 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 1778: Source: Wikipedia
    • February 5 » South Carolina becomes the second state to ratify the Articles of Confederation.
    • February 23 » American Revolutionary War: Baron von Steuben arrives at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania to help to train the Continental Army.
    • July 27 » American Revolution: First Battle of Ushant: British and French fleets fight to a standoff.
    • September 7 » American Revolutionary War: France invades Dominica in the British West Indies, before Britain is even aware of France's involvement in the war.
    • November 11 » Cherry Valley massacre: Loyalists and Seneca Indian forces attack a fort and village in eastern New York during the American Revolutionary War, killing more than forty civilians and soldiers.
    • November 26 » In the Hawaiian Islands, Captain James Cook becomes the first European to visit Maui.
  • The temperature on November 1, 1808 was about 7.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east-northeast. Weather type: betrokken mist. 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 1808: Source: Wikipedia
    • January 1 » The United States bans the importation of slaves.
    • January 12 » John Rennie's scheme to defend St Mary's Church, Reculver, founded in 669, from coastal erosion is abandoned in favour of demolition, despite the church being an exemplar of Anglo-Saxon architecture and sculpture.
    • January 22 » The Portuguese royal family arrives in Brazil after fleeing the French army's invasion of Portugal two months earlier.
    • January 26 » The Rum Rebellion is the only successful (albeit short-lived) armed takeover of the government in New South Wales.
    • March 2 » The inaugural meeting of the Wernerian Natural History Society, a former Scottish learned society, is held in Edinburgh.
    • April 6 » John Jacob Astor incorporates the American Fur Company, that would eventually make him America's first millionaire.


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