Family tree Griffioen Jellema Friese Adel » Douwe Gerrits (1748-1791)

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Douwe Gerrits

Douwe Gabes
± 1670-????
Sjouckjen (Syouck Siouck) Sybes (Sibes)
± 1675-????

Douwe Gerrits
1748-1791


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Historical events

Christening day September 29, 1748

  • The temperature on September 29, 1748 was about 15.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west-southwest. Weather type: betrokken helder. Source: KNMI
  • Erfstadhouder Prins Willem IV (Huis van Oranje) was from 1747 till 1751 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
  • In the year 1748: Source: Wikipedia
    • June 11 » Denmark adopts the characteristic Nordic Cross flag later taken up by all other Scandinavian countries.
    • August 26 » The first Lutheran denomination in North America, the Pennsylvania Ministerium, is founded in Philadelphia.
    • October 12 » War of Jenkins' Ear: A British squadron wins a tactical victory over a Spanish squadron off Havana.
    • October 18 » Signing of the Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle ends the War of the Austrian Succession.

Day of death August 13, 1791

  • The temperature on August 13, 1791 was about 22.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west-southwest. 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 1791: Source: Wikipedia
    • January 25 » The British Parliament passes the Constitutional Act of 1791 and splits the old Province of Quebec into Upper Canada and Lower Canada.
    • March 2 » Long-distance communication speeds up with the unveiling of a semaphore machine in Paris.
    • July 14 » The Priestley Riots drive Joseph Priestley, a supporter of the French Revolution, out of Birmingham, England.
    • July 17 » Members of the French National Guard under the command of General Lafayette open fire on a crowd of radical Jacobins at the Champ de Mars, Paris, during the French Revolution, killing scores of people.
    • August 4 » The Treaty of Sistova is signed, ending the Ottoman–Habsburg wars.
    • September 30 » France's National Constituent Assembly is dissolved, to be replaced the next day by the National Legislative Assembly


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