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Personal data Brugt Douwes 


Household of Brugt Douwes

He is married to Janneke (Janke) Derks (Dirks).

Permission for the marriage has been obtained in Groningen on March 4, 1775.

They got married on March 21, 1775 at Groningen, he was 25 years old.


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  6. Geesje (Brugts) Douwes  1786-1812 

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Birthday August 9, 1749

  • The temperature on August 9, 1749 was about 22.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south by east. Weather type: omtrent helder. Source: KNMI
  • Erfstadhouder Prins Willem IV (Huis van Oranje) was from 1747 till 1751 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
  • In the year 1749: Source: Wikipedia
    • January 3 » Benning Wentworth issues the first of the New Hampshire Grants, leading to the establishment of Vermont.
    • January 3 » The first issue of Berlingske, Denmark's oldest continually operating newspaper, is published.
    • January 21 » The Teatro Filarmonico in Verona is destroyed by fire, as a result of a torch being left behind in the box of a nobleman after a performance. It is rebuilt in 1754.
    • May 19 » King George II of Great Britain grants the Ohio Company a charter of land around the forks of the Ohio River.
    • June 21 » Halifax, Nova Scotia, is founded.

Day of marriage March 21, 1775

  • The temperature on March 21, 1775 was about 13.0 °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 1775: Source: Wikipedia
    • February 9 » American Revolutionary War: The British Parliament declares Massachusetts in rebellion.
    • April 20 » American Revolutionary War: The Siege of Boston begins, following the battles at Lexington and Concord.
    • June 17 » American Revolutionary War: Colonists inflict heavy casualties on British forces while losing the Battle of Bunker Hill.
    • July 29 » Founding of the U.S. Army Judge Advocate General's Corps: General George Washington appoints William Tudor as Judge Advocate of the Continental Army.
    • September 25 » American Revolution: Ethan Allen surrenders to British forces after attempting to capture Montreal during the Battle of Longue-Pointe.
    • October 18 » American Revolutionary War: The Burning of Falmouth (now Portland, Maine).

Day of death May 3, 1807

  • The temperature on May 3, 1807 was about 12.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northeast. Weather type: zeer betrokken noorderlicht. 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 1807: Source: Wikipedia
    • February 3 » A British military force, under Brigadier-General Sir Samuel Auchmuty captures the Spanish Empire city of Montevideo, now the capital of Uruguay.
    • February 8 » After two days of bitter fighting, the Russians under Bennigsen and the Prussians under L'Estocq concede the Battle of Eylau to Napoleon.
    • June 29 » Russo-Turkish War: Admiral Dmitry Senyavin destroys the Ottoman fleet in the Battle of Athos.
    • November 29 » Transfer of the Portuguese Court to Brazil: John VI of Portugal flees Lisbon from advancing Napoleonic forces during the Peninsular War, transferring the Portuguese court to Brazil.
    • December 17 » Napoleonic Wars: France issues the Milan Decree, which confirms the Continental System.
    • December 22 » The Embargo Act, forbidding trade with all foreign countries, is passed by the U.S. Congress, at the urging of President Thomas Jefferson.


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