Family tree Menting » Joannis (Joannes) Claassen (1770-1835)

Personal data Joannis (Joannes) Claassen 


Household of Joannis (Joannes) Claassen

He is married to Petronella Meusen (Meussen).

Permission for the marriage has been obtained in Beers on June 21, 1787.

They got married on August 5, 1787 at Cuijk (Vianen), he was 17 years old.


Child(ren):

  1. Anna Claassen  1787-1873 
  2. Petronella Claassen  1789-????
  3. Hendrina Claassen  1790-1858
  4. Nicolaas Claassen  1792-± 1799
  5. Martinus Claassen  1794-????
  6. Judith Claassen  1797-????
  7. Nicolaas Claassen  1799-???? 
  8. Johannes Claassen  1801-1851 
  9. Cornelis Claassen  1803-1886 
  10. Michiel Claassen  1806-1839 
  11. Martinus Claassen  1810-1847 

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Historical events

Birthday June 4, 1770

  • The temperature on June 4, 1770 was about 16.0 °C. Wind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken. Special wheather fenomena: dauw. 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 1770: Source: Wikipedia
    • April 19 » Captain James Cook, still holding the rank of lieutenant, sights the eastern coast of what is now Australia.
    • April 19 » Marie Antoinette marries Louis XVI of France in a proxy wedding.
    • May 26 » The Orlov Revolt, an attempt to revolt against the Ottoman Empire before the Greek War of Independence, ends in disaster for the Greeks.
    • July 1 » Lexell's Comet is seen closer to the Earth than any other comet in recorded history, approaching to a distance of 0.0146 astronomical units (2,180,000km; 1,360,000mi).
    • August 21 » James Cook formally claims eastern Australia for Great Britain, naming it New South Wales.
    • August 22 » James Cook names and lands on Possession Island, and claims the east coast of Australia for Britain as New South Wales.

Day of marriage August 5, 1787

  • The temperature on August 5, 1787 was about 18.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south east. Weather type: 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 1787: Source: Wikipedia
    • February 3 » Militia led by General Benjamin Lincoln crush the remnants of Shays' Rebellion in Petersham, Massachusetts.
    • May 13 » Captain Arthur Phillip leaves Portsmouth, England, with eleven ships full of convicts (the "First Fleet") to establish a penal colony in Australia.
    • August 6 » Sixty proof sheets of the Constitution of the United States are delivered to the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
    • September 17 » The United States Constitution is signed in Philadelphia.
    • October 1 » Russians under Alexander Suvorov defeat the Turks at Kinburn.
    • December 7 » Delaware becomes the first state to ratify the United States Constitution.

Day of death November 4, 1835

  • The temperature on November 4, 1835 was about 0.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east-southeast. Weather type: half bewolkt omtrent betrokken. 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 1835: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 2.9 million citizens.
    • January 7 » HMSBeagle, with Charles Darwin on board, drops anchor off the Chonos Archipelago.
    • August 25 » The first Great Moon Hoax article is published in The New York Sun, announcing the discovery of life and civilization on the Moon.
    • August 30 » Australia: Melbourne, Victoria is founded.
    • November 24 » The Texas Provincial Government authorizes the creation of a horse-mounted police force called the Texas Rangers (which is now the Texas Ranger Division of the Texas Department of Public Safety).
    • December 9 » Texas Revolution: The Texian Army captures San Antonio, Texas.
    • December 29 » The Treaty of New Echota is signed, ceding all the lands of the Cherokee east of the Mississippi River to the United States.


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