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Personal data Gerardus Swartjes (Zwartjes) 


Household of Gerardus Swartjes (Zwartjes)

He is married to Claseyn Driessens.

They were married in church on May 4, 1789 at Doddendaal.

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Historical events

Christening day May 7, 1755

  • The temperature on May 7, 1755 was about 10.0 °C. Wind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: geheel 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)
  • 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 1755: Source: Wikipedia
    • January 25 » Moscow University is established on Tatiana Day.
    • April 2 » Commodore William James captures the Maratha fortress of Suvarnadurg on west coast of India.
    • July 25 » British governor Charles Lawrence and the Nova Scotia Council order the deportation of the Acadians.
    • August 10 » Under the orders of Charles Lawrence, the British Army begins to forcibly deport the Acadians from Nova Scotia to the Thirteen Colonies.
    • September 8 » French and Indian War: Battle of Lake George.
    • November 25 » King Ferdinand VI of Spain grants royal protection to the Beaterio de la Compañia de Jesus, now known as the Congregation of the Religious of the Virgin Mary.

Day of marriage May 4, 1789

  • The temperature on May 4, 1789 was about 9.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north-northwest. 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 30 » Tây Sơn forces emerge victorious against Qing armies and liberate the capital Thăng Long.
    • April 7 » Selim III became Sultan of the Ottoman Empire and Caliph of Islam.
    • April 20 » George Washington arrives at Grays Ferry, Philadelphia while en route to Manhattan for his inauguration.
    • July 12 » In response to the dismissal of the French finance minister Jacques Necker, the radical journalist Camille Desmoulins gives a speech which results in the storming of the Bastille two days later.
    • September 11 » Alexander Hamilton is appointed the first United States Secretary of the Treasury.
    • September 25 » The United States Congress passes twelve constitutional amendments: the ten known as the Bill of Rights, the (unratified) Congressional Apportionment Amendment, and the Congressional Compensation Amendment.

Day of burial July 27, 1791

  • The temperature on July 27, 1791 was about 18.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south-southeast. Weather type: zeer 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 1791: Source: Wikipedia
    • March 2 » Long-distance communication speeds up with the unveiling of a semaphore machine in Paris.
    • May 3 » The Constitution of May 3 (the first modern constitution in Europe) is proclaimed by the Sejm of Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.
    • August 26 » John Fitch is granted a United States patent for the steamboat.
    • August 30 » HMSPandora sinks after having run aground on the outer Great Barrier Reef the previous day.
    • September 27 » The National Assembly votes to award full citizenship to Jews in France.
    • December 4 » The first edition of The Observer, the world's first Sunday newspaper, is published.

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