Family tree Van Melzen-Van Melsen » Willem Everts Ritsema (1755-1822)

Personal data Willem Everts Ritsema 


Household of Willem Everts Ritsema

He is married to Jantje Hommes Wigboldus.

They got married on March 19, 1785 at Stedum (LDS), he was 29 years old.


Child(ren):

  1. Arent Willems Ritsema  ± 1775-???? 
  2. Homme Willems Ritsema  1788-???? 
  4. Frouke Willems Ritzema  1794-???? 
  5. Eltje Willems Ritsema  1792-???? 


Timeline Willem Everts Ritsema

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Willem Everts Ritsema

Evert Arends
± 1728-1808

Willem Everts Ritsema
1755-1822

1785

Jantje Hommes Wigboldus
1756-????

Arent Willems Ritsema
± 1775-????
Homme Willems Ritsema
1788-????
Evert Willems Ritsema
1786-1807
Frouke Willems Ritzema
1794-????
Eltje Willems Ritsema
1792-????

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Historical events

Birthday June 15, 1755

  • The temperature on June 15, 1755 was about 22.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north west from. 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)
  • 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 1755: Source: Wikipedia
    • April 2 » Commodore William James captures the Maratha fortress of Suvarnadurg on west coast of India.
    • April 15 » Samuel Johnson's A Dictionary of the English Language is published in London.
    • June 16 » French and Indian War: The French surrender Fort Beauséjour to the British, leading to the expulsion of the Acadians.
    • July 9 » The Braddock Expedition is soundly defeated by a smaller French and Native American force in its attempt to capture Fort Duquesne in what is now downtown Pittsburgh.
    • August 10 » Under the orders of Charles Lawrence, the British Army begins to forcibly deport the Acadians from Nova Scotia to the Thirteen Colonies.
    • September 8 » French and Indian War: Battle of Lake George.

Day of marriage March 19, 1785

  • The temperature on March 19, 1785 was about 5.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northwest. 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 1785: Source: Wikipedia
    • January 7 » Frenchman Jean-Pierre Blanchard and American John Jeffries travel from Dover, England, to Calais, France, in a gas balloon.
    • January 20 » Invading Siamese forces attempt to exploit the political chaos in Vietnam, but are ambushed and annihilated at the Mekong river by the Tây Sơn in the Battle of Rạch Gầm-Xoài Mút.
    • January 27 » The University of Georgia is founded, the first public university in the United States.
    • November 28 » The first Treaty of Hopewell is signed, by which the United States acknowledges Cherokee lands in what is now East Tennessee.

Day of death May 7, 1822

  • The temperature on May 7, 1822 was about 12.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north-northeast. Weather type: betrokken regen. 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 1822: Source: Wikipedia
    • January 1 » The Greek Constitution of 1822 is adopted by the First National Assembly at Epidaurus.
    • May 24 » Battle of Pichincha: Antonio José de Sucre secures the independence of the Presidency of Quito.
    • July 2 » Thirty-five slaves, including Denmark Vesey, are hanged in South Carolina after being accused of organizing a slave rebellion.
    • July 26 » José de San Martín arrives in Guayaquil, Ecuador, to meet with Simón Bolívar.
    • October 31 » Emperor Agustín de Iturbide attempts to dissolve the Congress of the Mexican Empire.
    • November 16 » American Old West: Missouri trader William Becknell arrives in Santa Fe, New Mexico, over a route that became known as the Santa Fe Trail.


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