Family tree Schimmel-Legendal-Pinkster-van der Heide » Geertjen Michels (1755-1794)

Personal data Geertjen Michels 

  • She was born in the year 1755 in Wildervank.
  • She was christened on January 4, 1756 in Veendam.
  • She died in the year 1794 in Veendam, she was 39 years old.
  • This information was last updated on May 8, 2020.

Household of Geertjen Michels

She is married to Geert Kornelius Schimmel.

They got married on March 26, 1780 at Veendam, she was 25 years old.


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Historical events

Christening day January 4, 1756

  • The temperature on January 4, 1756 was about 4.0 °C. There was 44 mm of rainWind direction mainly south by east. Weather type: zeer betrokken regen. 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 1756: Source: Wikipedia
    • May 18 » The Seven Years' War begins when Great Britain declares war on France.
    • June 20 » A British garrison is imprisoned in the Black Hole of Calcutta.
    • July 30 » In Saint Petersburg, Bartolomeo Rastrelli presents the newly built Catherine Palace to Empress Elizabeth and her courtiers.
    • August 29 » Frederick the Great attacks Saxony, beginning the Seven Years' War in Europe.
    • September 8 » French and Indian War: Kittanning Expedition.

Day of marriage March 26, 1780

  • The temperature on March 26, 1780 was about 9.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south-southwest. Weather type: omtrent 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)
  • In the year 1780: Source: Wikipedia
    • March 17 » American Revolution: George Washington grants the Continental Army a holiday "as an act of solidarity with the Irish in their fight for independence".
    • April 16 » Franz Friedrich Wilhelm von Fürstenberg founds the University of Münster.
    • May 12 » American Revolutionary War: In the largest defeat of the Continental Army, Charleston, South Carolina is taken by British forces.
    • May 13 » The Cumberland Compact is signed by leaders of the settlers in the Cumberland River area of what would become the U.S. state of Tennessee, providing for democratic government and a formal system of justice.
    • September 11 » American Revolutionary War: Sugarloaf Massacre: A small detachment of militia from Northampton County are attacked by Native Americans and Loyalists near Little Nescopeck Creek.
    • October 2 » American Revolutionary War: John André, a British Army officer, is hanged as a spy by the Continental Army.

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