Family tree Jager en Dijkstra 2 » Lourens Ritskes (1718-1789)

Personal data Lourens Ritskes 


Household of Lourens Ritskes

He is married to Janke Douwes.

They got married about 1739.


Child(ren):

  2. Douwe Lourens van der Zwaag  ± 1743-1818 
  3. Ymkjen Lourens  1754-1805 

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Lourens Ritskes

Gerrit Ritskes
1655-1698
Aukjen Lourens
Ritske Gerrits
± 1680-1748
Aeltje Martens
± 1680-????

Lourens Ritskes
1718-1789

± 1739

Janke Douwes
± 1715-????

Aaltje Lourens van Timmeren
1742-1813
Douwe Lourens van der Zwaag
± 1743-1818
Ymkjen Lourens
1754-1805

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Birthday November 26, 1718

  • The temperature on November 26, 1718 was about 7.0 °C. Source: KNMI
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    Van 1702 tot 1747 kende Nederland (ookwel Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden) zijn Tweede Stadhouderloze Tijdperk.
  • In the year 1718: Source: Wikipedia
    • May 7 » The city of New Orleans is founded by Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne, Sieur de Bienville.
    • May 15 » James Puckle, a London lawyer, patents the world's first machine gun.
    • June 26 » Alexei Petrovich, Tsarevich of Russia, Peter the Great's son, mysteriously dies after being sentenced to death by his father for plotting against him.
    • July 21 » The Treaty of Passarowitz between the Ottoman Empire, Austria and the Republic of Venice is signed.
    • November 22 » Off the coast of North Carolina, British pirate Edward Teach (best known as "Blackbeard") is killed in battle with a boarding party led by Royal Navy Lieutenant Robert Maynard.
    • November 30 » King Charles XII of Sweden dies during a siege of the fortress of Fredriksten in Norway.

Day of death October 13, 1789

  • The temperature on October 13, 1789 was about 7.0 °C. There was 22 mm of rainWind direction mainly south east. Weather type: betrokken mist. 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 1789: Source: Wikipedia
    • January 21 » The first American novel, The Power of Sympathy or the Triumph of Nature Founded in Truth by William Hill Brown, is printed in Boston.
    • April 7 » Selim III became Sultan of the Ottoman Empire and Caliph of Islam.
    • July 14 » French Revolution: Citizens of Paris storm the Bastille.
    • September 22 » The office of United States Postmaster General is established.
    • September 24 » The United States Congress passes the Judiciary Act, creating the office of the Attorney General and federal judiciary system and ordering the composition of the Supreme Court.
    • October 19 » John Jay is sworn in as the first Chief Justice of the United States.


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