Family tree Van Knippenberg » Willem Gerrits van Vreden (1789-1827)

Personal data Willem Gerrits van Vreden 


Household of Willem Gerrits van Vreden

He is married to Elsken Dellis (Elsje) Knippenberg.

They got married on September 13, 1811 at Nijbroek, Gelderland, Netherlands, he was 22 years old.

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Birthday June 16, 1789

  • The temperature on June 16, 1789 was about 22.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east-northeast. 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 1789: Source: Wikipedia
    • January 23 » Georgetown College, the first Catholic university in the United States, is founded in Georgetown, Maryland (now a part of Washington, D.C.).
    • April 20 » George Washington arrives at Grays Ferry, Philadelphia while en route to Manhattan for his inauguration.
    • August 28 » William Herschel discovers a new moon of Saturn: Enceladus.
    • September 11 » Alexander Hamilton is appointed the first United States Secretary of the Treasury.
    • October 5 » French Revolution: The Women's March on Versailles effectively terminates royal authority.
    • December 11 » The University of North Carolina is chartered by the North Carolina General Assembly.

Christening day June 21, 1789

  • The temperature on June 21, 1789 was about 18.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south-southwest. Weather type: betrokken regen onweer. 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 1789: Source: Wikipedia
    • June 20 » Deputies of the French Third Estate take the Tennis Court Oath.
    • July 27 » The first U.S. federal government agency, the Department of Foreign Affairs, is established (it will be later renamed Department of State).
    • September 22 » The office of United States Postmaster General is established.
    • October 2 » The United States Bill of Rights is sent to the various States for ratification.
    • October 19 » John Jay is sworn in as the first Chief Justice of the United States.
    • November 26 » A national Thanksgiving Day is observed in the United States as proclaimed by President George Washington at the request of Congress.

Day of death November 1, 1827

  • The temperature on November 1, 1827 was about 8.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west-northwest. Weather type: betrokken bui hagel zwaar storm(achtig). 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 1827: Source: Wikipedia
    • March 7 » Brazilian marines unsuccessfully attack the temporary naval base of Carmen de Patagones, Argentina.
    • March 15 » University of Toronto is founded.
    • April 7 » John Walker, an English chemist, sells the first friction match that he had invented the previous year.
    • August 17 » Dutch King William I and Pope Leo XII sign concord
    • October 1 » Russo-Persian War: The Russian army under Ivan Paskevich storms Yerevan, ending a millennium of Muslim domination of Armenia.
    • October 17 » Bellini's third opera, Il pirata, is premiered at Milan.


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