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Personal data Hendrik Lijftogt 


Household of Hendrik Lijftogt

He is married to Jenneken Menkhorst.

They got married on September 23, 1781 at Hengelo (Gld), he was 23 years old.


Child(ren):

  1. Hilleken Lijftogt  1783-????
  2. Teune Lijftogt  1784-????
  3. Willemken Lijftogt  1786-1860
  4. Derk Lijftogt  1788-1825
  5. Harmken Lijftogt  1790-????
  6. Jenneken Lijftogt  1791-1848
  7. Garrit Lijftogt  1795-???? 


Notes about Hendrik Lijftogt

(Research):Trouwboek Hengelo 31.08.1781:
den 31 augst. aengetekent -
Hendrik Lijftogt, soon van Willem Lijftogt,
en Janna Menkhorst, dogter van Dries Menkhorst, beijde uit Hengelo, hebbende de bruijd onlangs gewoont te Doesborg.
Met attestatie na Doesborg.
Den 23 sept. op attestatie van Doesborg en na drie voorgaende sondagse proclamatien alhier in den huwelijken staet bevestigt.

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Birthday January 22, 1758

  • The temperature on January 22, 1758 was about -2 °C. Wind direction mainly northwest. Weather type: geheel betrokken hagel. 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 1758: Source: Wikipedia
    • January 24 » During the Seven Years' War the leading burghers of Königsberg submit to Elizabeth of Russia, thus forming Russian Prussia (until 1763).
    • April 28 » The Marathas defeat the Afghans in the Battle of Attock and capture the city.
    • July 26 » French and Indian War: The Siege of Louisbourg ends with British forces defeating the French and taking control of the Gulf of Saint Lawrence.
    • August 25 » Seven Years' War: Frederick II of Prussia defeats the Russian army at the Battle of Zorndorf.
    • December 13 » The English transport ship Duke William sinks in the North Atlantic, killing over 360 people.
    • December 25 » Halley's Comet is sighted by Johann Georg Palitzsch, confirming Edmund Halley's prediction of its passage. This was the first passage of a comet predicted ahead of time.

Day of marriage September 23, 1781

  • The temperature on September 23, 1781 was about 14.0 °C. There was 26 mm of rainWind direction mainly north-northwest. Weather type: regen hagel . 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 1781: Source: Wikipedia
    • January 1 » American Revolutionary War: One thousand five hundred soldiers of the 6th Pennsylvania Regiment under General Anthony Wayne's command rebel against the Continental Army's winter camp in Morristown, New Jersey in the Pennsylvania Line Mutiny of 1781.
    • January 17 » American Revolutionary War: Battle of Cowpens: Continental troops under Brigadier General Daniel Morgan defeat British forces under Lieutenant Colonel Banastre Tarleton at the battle in South Carolina.
    • February 3 » American Revolutionary War: British forces seize the Dutch-owned Caribbean island Sint Eustatius.
    • February 18 » Fourth Anglo-Dutch War: Captain Thomas Shirley opens his expedition against Dutch colonial outposts on the Gold Coast of Africa (present-day Ghana).
    • August 24 » American Revolutionary War: A small force of Pennsylvania militia is ambushed and overwhelmed by an American Indian group, which forces George Rogers Clark to abandon his attempt to attack Detroit.
    • September 5 » Battle of the Chesapeake in the American Revolutionary War: The British Navy is repelled by the French Navy, contributing to the British surrender at Yorktown.

Day of death April 24, 1826

  • The temperature on April 24, 1826 was about 9.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northwest. Weather type: half bewolkt. 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 1826: Source: Wikipedia
    • January 30 » The Menai Suspension Bridge, considered the world's first modern suspension bridge, connecting the Isle of Anglesey to the north West coast of Wales, is opened.
    • February 11 » University College London is founded as University of London.
    • June 21 » Maniots defeat Egyptians under Ibrahim Pasha in the Battle of Vergas.
    • August 18 » Major Gordon Laing becomes the first non-Muslim to enter Timbuktu.
    • November 25 » The Greek frigate Hellas arrives in Nafplion to become the first flagship of the Hellenic Navy.
    • December 25 » The Eggnog Riot at the United States Military Academy concludes after beginning the previous evening.


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