FutureHistory » Josephus Joannes Brijs (1759-1832)
Personal data Josephus Joannes Brijs
- He was born on December 12, 1759 in Bornem, België.
- He died on January 31, 1832 in Bornem, België, he was 72 years old.
- A child of Jacobus Brijs and Joanna Catharina Peeters
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Birthday December 12, 1759
- The temperature on December 12, 1759 was about -3.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east. Weather type: helder. 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.
- May 1 » Josiah Wedgwood founds the Wedgwood pottery company in Great Britain.
- August 19 » Battle of Lagos Naval battle during the Seven Years' War between Great Britain and France.
- 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 death January 31, 1832
- The temperature on January 31, 1832 was about 7.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west-southwest. Weather type: betrokken. 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 1832: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 2.9 million citizens.
- February 12 » Ecuador annexes the Galápagos Islands.
- March 24 » In Hiram, Ohio, a group of men beat and tar and feather Mormon leader Joseph Smith.
- May 7 » Greece's independence is recognized by the Treaty of London.
- May 24 » The First Kingdom of Greece is declared in the London Conference.
- June 7 » The Great Reform Act of England and Wales receives royal assent.
- October 1 » Texian political delegates convene at San Felipe de Austin to petition for changes in the governance of Mexican Texas.
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- 1815 » José Félix Ribas, Venezuelan soldier (b. 1775)
- 1828 » Alexander Ypsilantis, Greek general (b. 1792)
- 1836 » John Cheyne, English physician and author (b. 1777)
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Peeters Mathieu, "FutureHistory", database, Genealogy Online (https://www.genealogieonline.nl/stamboom-riske/I29125.php : accessed December 26, 2025), "Josephus Joannes Brijs (1759-1832)".