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Personal data Geertje Jacobs van ESSEN 

  • She was born October 1655 in Renswoude (Utrecht, The Netherlands).
  • She was baptized on October 6, 1655 in Renswoude (Utrecht, The Netherlands).
  • She died January 1690 in Veenendaal (Utrecht, The Netherlands), she was 34 years old.
  • She is buried on January 22, 1690 in Veenendaal (Utrecht, The Netherlands).
  • This information was last updated on June 27, 2022.

Household of Geertje Jacobs van ESSEN

She is married to Bastiaan Gerritsen METMAN.

They got married on March 27, 1681 at Renswoude (Utrecht, The Netherlands), she was 25 years old.


Notes about Geertje Jacobs van ESSEN


Bruidegom: Bastiaan METMAN
Woonplaats: Venendaal
Bruid: Geertien Jacobs van ESSEN
Woonplaats: Venendaal
Gebeurtenis: Trouwen
Datum: donderdag 6 maart 1681
Religie: Nederlands-hervormd
Gebeurtenisplaats: Veenendaal
Gebeurtenis: Ondertrouw
Datum: donderdag 6 maart 1681
Documenttype: DTB Trouwen
Erfgoedinstelling: Het Utrechts Archief
Plaats instelling: Utrecht
Collectiegebied: Utrecht
Archief: 45
Registratienummer: 382
Pagina: 118
Registratiedatum: 6 maart 1681
Akteplaats: Veenendaal
Opmerking: attestatie voor Renswoude

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Historical events

Christening day October 6, 1655

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    Van 1650 tot 1672 kende Nederland (ookwel Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden) zijn Eerste Stadhouderloze Tijdperk.
  • In the year 1655: Source: Wikipedia
    • February 14 » The Mapuches launch coordinated attacks against the Spanish in Chile beginning the Mapuche uprising of 1655.
    • March 8 » John Casor becomes the first legally-recognized slave in England's North American colonies where a crime was not committed.
    • March 25 » Saturn's largest moon, Titan, is discovered by Christiaan Huygens.
    • May 19 » The Invasion of Jamaica begins during the Anglo-Spanish War.
    • September 8 » Warsaw falls without resistance to a small force under the command of Charles X Gustav of Sweden during The Deluge, making it the first time the city is captured by a foreign army.
    • December 27 » Second Northern War/the Deluge: Monks at the Jasna Góra Monastery in Częstochowa are successful in fending off a month-long siege.

Day of burial January 22, 1690

  • Stadhouder Prins Willem III (Huis van Oranje) was from 1672 till 1702 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
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    • February 3 » The colony of Massachusetts issues the first paper money in the Americas.
    • February 15 » Constantin Cantemir, Prince of Moldavia, and the Holy Roman Empire sign a secret treaty in Sibiu, stipulating that Moldavia would support the actions led by the House of Habsburg against the Ottoman Empire.
    • June 14 » King William III of England (William of Orange) lands in Ireland to confront the former King James II.
    • July 1 » Glorious Revolution: Battle of the Boyne in Ireland (as reckoned under the Julian calendar).
    • August 24 » Job Charnock of the East India Company establishes a factory in Calcutta, an event formerly considered the founding of the city (in 2003 the Calcutta High Court ruled that the city's foundation date is unknown).
    • September 25 » Publick Occurrences Both Forreign and Domestick, the first newspaper to appear in the Americas, is published for the first and only time.

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