Family tree Griffioen Jellema Friese Adel » Jilles (Jielles) Eelkes (1752-1803)

Personal data Jilles (Jielles) Eelkes 


Household of Jilles (Jielles) Eelkes

He is married to Elizabeth Pieters Prins.

They got married on December 26, 1779 at Rinsumageest, Dantumadeel, Friesland.


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Historical events

Christening day July 2, 1752

  • The temperature on July 2, 1752 was about 15.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north by west. Weather type: zeer betrokken 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)
  • 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 1752: Source: Wikipedia
    • February 29 » King Alaungpaya founds Konbaung Dynasty, the last dynasty of Burmese monarchy.
    • April 20 » Start of Konbaung–Hanthawaddy War, a new phase in the Burmese Civil War (1740–57).
    • June 15 » Benjamin Franklin proves that lightning is electricity (traditional date, the exact date is unknown).
    • September 2 » Great Britain, along with its overseas possessions, adopts the Gregorian calendar.
    • September 14 » The British Empire adopts the Gregorian calendar, skipping eleven days (the previous day was September 2).

Day of marriage December 26, 1779

  • The temperature on December 26, 1779 was about -2.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north-northeast. Weather type: 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 1779: Source: Wikipedia
    • February 14 » American Revolutionary War: The Battle of Kettle Creek is fought in Georgia.
    • June 24 » American Revolutionary War: The Great Siege of Gibraltar begins.
    • July 16 » American Revolutionary War: Light infantry of the Continental Army seize a fortified British Army position in a midnight bayonet attack at the Battle of Stony Point.
    • September 23 » American Revolution: John Paul Jones, naval commander of the United States, on board the USSBonhomme Richard, wins the Battle of Flamborough Head.
    • September 28 » American Revolution: Samuel Huntington is elected President of the Continental Congress, succeeding John Jay.
    • October 18 » American Revolutionary War: The Franco-American Siege of Savannah is lifted.

Day of death November 11, 1803

  • The temperature on November 11, 1803 was about 8.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south. 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 1803: Source: Wikipedia
    • March 1 » Ohio becomes the 17th state of The United States.
    • April 26 » Thousands of meteor fragments fall from the skies of L'Aigle, France; the event convinces European scientists that meteors exist.
    • April 30 » Louisiana Purchase: The United States purchases the Louisiana Territory from France for $15million, more than doubling the size of the young nation.
    • July 26 » The Surrey Iron Railway, arguably the world's first public railway, opens in south London, United Kingdom.
    • September 23 » Second Anglo-Maratha War: The Battle of Assaye is fought between the British East India Company and the Maratha Empire in India.
    • December 20 » The Louisiana Purchase is completed at a ceremony in New Orleans.


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