Family tree Van Leeuwen » Jacob Schenk (1787-1849)

Personal data Jacob Schenk 


Household of Jacob Schenk

He is married to Femmetje de Vries.

They got married about 1815.


Child(ren):

  1. Anna Schenk  1812-1871
  2. Heitje Schenk  1814-1897 
  3. Willemtje Schenk  1817-1819
  4. Jan Schenk  1819-1901
  5. Jochem Schenk  1822-1896
  6. Stijntje Schenk  1825-1905
  7. Albert Schenk  1827-1897

Ancestors (and descendant) of Jacob Schenk

Jacob Schenk
1787-1849

± 1815

Femmetje de Vries
1788-1846

Anna Schenk
1812-1871
Heitje Schenk
1814-1897
Willemtje Schenk
1817-1819
Jan Schenk
1819-1901
Jochem Schenk
1822-1896
Stijntje Schenk
1825-1905
Albert Schenk
1827-1897

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Historical events

Birthday April 4, 1787

  • The temperature on April 4, 1787 was about 6.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west-northwest. Weather type: 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 1787: Source: Wikipedia
    • May 25 » After a delay of 11 days, the United States Constitutional Convention formally convenes in Philadelphia after a quorum of seven states is secured.
    • July 13 » The Continental Congress enacts the Northwest Ordinance establishing governing rules for the Northwest Territory. It also establishes procedures for the admission of new states and limits the expansion of slavery.
    • August 6 » Sixty proof sheets of the Constitution of the United States are delivered to the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
    • September 17 » The United States Constitution is signed in Philadelphia.
    • October 1 » Russians under Alexander Suvorov defeat the Turks at Kinburn.
    • October 29 » Mozart's opera Don Giovanni receives its first performance in Prague.

Day of death September 16, 1849

  • The temperature on September 16, 1849 was about 18.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northeast. Weather type: helder. 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).
  • From November 21, 1848 till November 1, 1849 the Netherlands had a cabinet De Kempenaer - Donker Curtius with the prime ministers Mr. J.M. de Kempenaer (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. D. Donker Curtius (conservatief-liberaal).
  • In The Netherlands , there was from November 1, 1849 to April 19, 1853 the cabinet Thorbecke I, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1849: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.1 million citizens.
    • February 14 » In New York City, James Knox Polk becomes the first serving President of the United States to have his photograph taken.
    • April 14 » Hungary declares itself independent of Austria with Lajos Kossuth as its leader.
    • August 28 » After a month-long siege, Venice, which had declared itself independent as the Republic of San Marco, surrenders to Austria.
    • October 6 » The execution of the 13 Martyrs of Arad after the Hungarian war of independence.
    • October 12 » The city of Manizales, Colombia, is founded by 'The Expedition of the 20'.
    • November 16 » A Russian court sentences writer Fyodor Dostoyevsky to death for anti-government activities linked to a radical intellectual group; his sentence is later commuted to hard labor.


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