Family tree Oving » Willem KNIEST (1791-????)

Personal data Willem KNIEST 


Household of Willem KNIEST

(1) He is married to Willemina RUTGERS.

They got married on August 7, 1816 at Gendringen, Gelderland, NEDERLAND.


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(2) He is married to Wesselina BEUGEL.

They got married on May 17, 1815 at Gendringen, Gelderland, NEDERLAND.

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Historical events

Christening day December 11, 1791

  • The temperature on December 11, 1791 was about 1.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north-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 1791: Source: Wikipedia
    • January 10 » The Siege of Dunlap's Station begins near Cincinnati during the Northwest Indian War.
    • July 14 » The Priestley Riots drive Joseph Priestley, a supporter of the French Revolution, out of Birmingham, England.
    • September 9 » Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States, is named after President George Washington.
    • September 14 » The Papal States lose Avignon to Revolutionary France.
    • September 30 » The first performance of Mozart's opera The Magic Flute takes place two months before his death.
    • December 4 » The first edition of The Observer, the world's first Sunday newspaper, is published.

Day of marriage May 17, 1815

  • The temperature on May 17, 1815 was about 13.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northwest. Weather type: helder. 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 1815: Source: Wikipedia
    • January 8 » War of 1812: Battle of New Orleans: Andrew Jackson leads American forces in victory over the British.
    • March 16 » Prince Willem proclaims himself King of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands, the first constitutional monarch in the Netherlands.
    • March 20 » After escaping from Elba, Napoleon enters Paris with a regular army of 140,000 and a volunteer force of around 200,000, beginning his "Hundred Days" rule.
    • June 9 » End of the Congress of Vienna: The new European political situation is set.
    • October 15 » Napoleon begins his exile on Saint Helena in the South Atlantic Ocean.
    • December 11 » The U.S. Senate creates a select committee on finance and a uniform national currency, predecessor of the United States Senate Committee on Finance.

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