Family tree Jacobs » Anna Maria Desmet (1759-1839)
Personal data Anna Maria Desmet
- She was born on February 15, 1759 in Zemst.
- Profession: Handwerkster.
- She died on April 27, 1839 in Zemst, she was 80 years old.
- A child of Jacob Desmedt and Anna Maria Lauwers
- This information was last updated on October 8, 2023.
Household of Anna Maria Desmet
She is married to Joannes Franciscus van Dam.
They got married on January 7, 1783 at Zemst, she was 23 years old.
Child(ren):
- Adrien van Dam 1783-1785
- Lucie van Dam 1790-1871
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Historical events
Birthday February 15, 1759
- The temperature on February 15, 1759 was about 5.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south by east. Weather type: betrokken. Special wheather fenomena: ijs. 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 1759: Source: Wikipedia
- January 11 » The first American life insurance company, the Corporation for Relief of Poor and Distressed Presbyterian Ministers and of the Poor and Distressed Widows and Children of the Presbyterian Ministers (now part of Unum Group), is incorporated in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
- January 15 » The British Museum opens to the public.
- August 1 » Seven Years' War: The Battle of Minden, an allied Anglo-German army victory over the French. In Britain this was one of a number of events that constituted the Annus Mirabilis of 1759 and is celebrated as Minden Day by certain British Army regiments.
- September 13 » Battle of the Plains of Abraham: the British defeat the French near Quebec City in the Seven Years' War, known in the United States as the French and Indian War.
- November 25 » An earthquake hits the Mediterranean destroying Beirut and Damascus and killing 30,000-40,000.
- December 31 » Arthur Guinness signs a 9,000 year lease at £45 per annum and starts brewing Guinness.
Day of marriage January 7, 1783
- The temperature on January 7, 1783 was about 5.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west-northwest. 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 1783: Source: Wikipedia
- February 3 » Spain–United States relations are first established.
- February 5 » In Calabria, a sequence of strong earthquakes begins.
- June 4 » The Montgolfier brothers publicly demonstrate their montgolfière (hot air balloon).
- August 4 » Mount Asama erupts in Japan, killing about 1,400 people. The eruption causes a famine, which results in an additional 20,000 deaths.
- November 3 » The American Continental Army is disbanded.
- November 21 » In Paris, Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier and François Laurent d'Arlandes, make the first untethered hot air balloon flight.
Day of death April 27, 1839
- The temperature on April 27, 1839 was about 8.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east-northeast. Weather type: half bewolkt. Source: KNMI
- This page is only available in Dutch.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 1839: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 2.9 million citizens.
- January 19 » The British East India Company captures Aden.
- April 19 » The Treaty of London establishes Belgium as a kingdom and guarantees its neutrality.
- June 14 » Henley Royal Regatta: the village of Henley-on-Thames, on the River Thames in Oxfordshire, stages its first regatta.
- July 3 » The first state normal school in the United States, the forerunner to today's Framingham State University, opens in Lexington, Massachusetts with three students.
- November 4 » Newport Rising: The last large-scale armed rebellion against authority in mainland Britain.
- November 27 » In Boston, Massachusetts, the American Statistical Association is founded.
Same birth/death day
- 1725 » Abraham Clark, American surveyor, lawyer, and politician († 1794)
- 1734 » William Stacy, American colonel († 1802)
- 1739 » Alexandre-Théodore Brongniart, French architect, designed the Paris Bourse († 1813)
- 1748 » Jeremy Bentham, English jurist and philosopher († 1832)
- 1759 » Friedrich August Wolf, German philologist and critic († 1824)
- 1760 » Jean-François Le Sueur, French composer and educator († 1837)
- 1782 » William Talbot, 1st Earl Talbot, English politician, Lord Steward of the Household (b. 1710)
- 1813 » Zebulon Pike, American general and explorer (b. 1779)
- 1873 » William Macready, English actor and manager (b. 1793)
- 1882 » Ralph Waldo Emerson, American poet and philosopher (b. 1803)
- 1893 » John Ballance, Irish-born New Zealand journalist and politician, 14th Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1839)
- 1896 » Henry Parkes, English-Australian businessman and politician, 7th Premier of New South Wales (b. 1815)
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