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Personal data Johannes "Jan" Smits 

  • Nickname is Jan.
  • He was born on November 1, 1741 in Hunnepel, Hertogdom Kleve (D).
  • He was christened on November 2, 1741 in Hunnepel, Hertogdom Kleve (D).
  • Occupations:
    • until 1789 quartiermeester.
      Quartiermeester in de Compagnie Carabiniers van den Heere Luitenant Generaal van der Dussen (voor Willem V van Oranje-Nassau). in Bergen (NH).
    • in the year 1789 wagenmaker.
    • in the year 1814 gegageerd, gepensioneerd.
  • Religion: RK.
  • He died on April 21, 1814 in Groningen (NL), he was 72 years old.Source 1
    Militaire Hospital lett. L No 3
  • A child of Harmanus Harmen (Smits) and Adriana Aartsen
  • This information was last updated on March 26, 2023.

Household of Johannes "Jan" Smits

He is married to Johanna Gerharda Cristant.

They got married on September 1, 1782 at Hengelo Gld (NL), he was 40 years old.Source 2


Child(ren):

  1. Harmannus Smits  1783-1823 
  2. Johanna Smits  1786-1815
  4. Lambertus Smits  1789-1865 
  5. Catharina Smits  1791-1820
  7. Jacoba Aleida Smits  1795-< 1796
  8. Jacoba Maria Smits  1796-1814
  9. Henricus Smits  1798-????

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Sources

  1. Overlijdensregister Groningen 1814, akte 416 (EWK99)
  2. NDG Trouwboek Hengelo (Gld) 1772-1811, pag 53

Historical events

Birthday November 1, 1741

  • The temperature on November 1, 1741 was about 12.0 °C. Wind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken. Source: KNMI
  •  This page is only available in Dutch.
    Van 1702 tot 1747 kende Nederland (ookwel Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden) zijn Tweede Stadhouderloze Tijdperk.
  • In the year 1741: Source: Wikipedia
    • March 13 » The Battle of Cartagena de Indias (part of the War of Jenkins' Ear) begins.
    • March 18 » New York governor George Clarke's complex at Fort George is burned in an arson attack, starting the New York Conspiracy of 1741.
    • April 10 » War of the Austrian Succession: Prussia gains control of Silesia at the Battle of Mollwitz.
    • May 20 » The Battle of Cartagena de Indias ends in a Spanish victory and the British begin withdrawal towards Jamaica with substantial losses.
    • June 25 » Maria Theresa is crowned Queen of Hungary.
    • July 15 » Aleksei Chirikov sights land in Southeast Alaska. He sends men ashore in a longboat, making them the first Europeans to visit Alaska.

Christening day November 2, 1741

  • The temperature on November 2, 1741 was about 12.0 °C. Wind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken. Source: KNMI
  •  This page is only available in Dutch.
    Van 1702 tot 1747 kende Nederland (ookwel Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden) zijn Tweede Stadhouderloze Tijdperk.
  • In the year 1741: Source: Wikipedia
    • March 13 » The Battle of Cartagena de Indias (part of the War of Jenkins' Ear) begins.
    • March 18 » New York governor George Clarke's complex at Fort George is burned in an arson attack, starting the New York Conspiracy of 1741.
    • April 10 » War of the Austrian Succession: Prussia gains control of Silesia at the Battle of Mollwitz.
    • May 20 » The Battle of Cartagena de Indias ends in a Spanish victory and the British begin withdrawal towards Jamaica with substantial losses.
    • June 25 » Maria Theresa is crowned Queen of Hungary.
    • September 14 » George Frideric Handel completes his oratorio Messiah.

Day of marriage September 1, 1782

  • The temperature on September 1, 1782 was about 15.0 °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 1782: Source: Wikipedia
    • January 7 » The first American commercial bank, the Bank of North America, opens.
    • January 15 » Superintendent of Finance Robert Morris addresses the U.S. Congress to recommend establishment of a national mint and decimal coinage.
    • February 5 » Spanish defeat British forces and capture Menorca.
    • February 27 » American Revolutionary War: The House of Commons of Great Britain votes against further war in America.
    • May 6 » Construction begins on the Grand Palace, the royal residence of the King of Siam in Bangkok, at the command of King Buddha Yodfa Chulaloke.
    • September 13 » American Revolutionary War: Franco-Spanish troops launch the unsuccessful "grand assault" during the Great Siege of Gibraltar.

Day of death April 21, 1814

  • The temperature on April 21, 1814 was about 10.0 °C. There was 70 mm of rainWind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: betrokken. 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 1814: Source: Wikipedia
    • February 10 » Napoleonic Wars: The Battle of Champaubert ends in French victory over the Russians and the Prussians.
    • February 18 » Napoleonic Wars: The Battle of Montereau.
    • March 28 » War of 1812: In the Battle of Valparaíso, two American naval vessels are captured by two Royal Navy vessels of equal strength.
    • September 13 » In a turning point in the War of 1812, the British fail to capture Baltimore. During the battle, Francis Scott Key composes his poem "Defence of Fort McHenry", which is later set to music and becomes the United States' national anthem.
    • October 10 » War of 1812: The United States Revenue Marine attempts to defend the cutter Eagle from the Royal Navy.
    • December 14 » War of 1812: The Royal Navy seizes control of Lake Borgne, Louisiana.

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