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Personal data Johannes Benjamin van Houten 


Household of Johannes Benjamin van Houten

He is married to Christina Elisabeth Hakman.

They got married on May 3, 1781 at Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland, he was 22 years old.


Child(ren):

  1. Elisabeth van Houten  1786-1855 
  2. Arnoldus van Houten  1789-1847 
  3. Hendrik van Houten  1791-1837 
  4. Hermanus van Houten  1793-1806

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  • The temperature on September 4, 1758 was about 16.0 °C. There was 44 mm of rainWind direction mainly south east. Weather type: geheel 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 1758: Source: Wikipedia
    • May 21 » Ten-year-old Mary Campbell is abducted in Pennsylvania by Lenape during the French and Indian War. She is returned six and a half years later.
    • July 8 » French forces hold Fort Carillon against the British at Ticonderoga, New York.
    • July 26 » French and Indian War: The Siege of Louisbourg ends with British forces defeating the French and taking control of the Gulf of Saint Lawrence.
    • August 25 » Seven Years' War: Frederick II of Prussia defeats the Russian army at the Battle of Zorndorf.
    • October 14 » Seven Years' War: Frederick the Great suffers a rare defeat at the Battle of Hochkirch.
    • December 25 » Halley's Comet is sighted by Johann Georg Palitzsch, confirming Edmund Halley's prediction of its passage. This was the first passage of a comet predicted ahead of time.
  • The temperature on May 3, 1781 was about 9.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north. Weather type: nevel 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 1781: Source: Wikipedia
    • January 1 » American Revolutionary War: One thousand five hundred soldiers of the 6th Pennsylvania Regiment under General Anthony Wayne's command rebel against the Continental Army's winter camp in Morristown, New Jersey in the Pennsylvania Line Mutiny of 1781.
    • April 29 » American Revolutionary War: British and French ships clash in the Battle of Fort Royal off the coast of Martinique.
    • September 5 » Battle of the Chesapeake in the American Revolutionary War: The British Navy is repelled by the French Navy, contributing to the British surrender at Yorktown.
    • September 6 » The Battle of Groton Heights takes place, resulting in a British victory.
    • September 8 » American Revolutionary War: The Battle of Eutaw Springs in South Carolina, the war's last significant battle in the Southern theater, ends in a narrow British tactical victory.
    • September 28 » American Revolution: American forces backed by a French fleet begin the siege of Yorktown.
  • The temperature on November 20, 1811 was about 7.0 °C. There was 22 mm of rainWind direction mainly north-northwest. Weather type: half bewolkt. 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 1811: Source: Wikipedia
    • January 17 » Mexican War of Independence: In the Battle of Calderón Bridge, a heavily outnumbered Spanish force of 6,000 troops defeats nearly 100,000 Mexican revolutionaries.
    • March 1 » Leaders of the Mamluk dynasty are killed by Egyptian ruler Muhammad Ali.
    • May 16 » Peninsular War: The allies Spain, Portugal and United Kingdom, defeat the French at the Battle of Albuera.
    • June 16 » Survivors of an attack the previous day by Tla-o-qui-aht on board the Pacific Fur Company's ship Tonquin, intentionally detonate a powder magazine on the ship, destroying it and killing about 100attackers.
    • August 3 » First ascent of Jungfrau, third highest summit in the Bernese Alps by brothers Johann Rudolf and Hieronymus Meyer.
    • November 17 » José Miguel Carrera, Chilean founding father, is sworn in as President of the executive Junta of the government of Chile.


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