Family tree Van Soom » Petrus Hens (1767-1829)
Personal data Petrus Hens
- He was born on September 11, 1767 in Boechout.
- He died on April 19, 1829 in Nijlen, he was 61 years old.
- A child of Gummarus Hens and Anna Maria Sleeckx
- This information was last updated on November 19, 2007.
Household of Petrus Hens
He is married to Joanna Verpoorten.
They got married about 1815.
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Historical events
Birthday September 11, 1767
- The temperature on September 11, 1767 was about 15.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken. Special wheather fenomena: veel dauw. 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 1767: Source: Wikipedia
- April 7 » End of Burmese–Siamese War (1765–67).
- June 17 » Samuel Wallis, a British sea captain, sights Tahiti and is considered the first European to reach the island.
- July 3 » Norway's oldest newspaper still in print, Adresseavisen, is founded and the first edition is published.
- July 3 » Pitcairn Island is discovered by Midshipman Robert Pitcairn on an expeditionary voyage commanded by Philip Carteret.
- August 26 » Jesuits all over Chile are arrested as the Spanish Empire suppresses the Society of Jesus.
- October 11 » Surveying for the Mason–Dixon line separating Maryland from Pennsylvania is completed.
Day of death April 19, 1829
- The temperature on April 19, 1829 was about 10.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west-southwest. Weather type: half bewolkt bui. 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 1829: Source: Wikipedia
- March 22 » In the London Protocol, the three protecting powers (United Kingdom, France and Russia) establish the borders of Greece.
- April 7 » Joseph Smith, founder of the Latter Day Saint movement, commences translation of the Book of Mormon, with Oliver Cowdery as his scribe.
- May 2 » After anchoring nearby, Captain Charles Fremantle of HMSChallenger, declares the Swan River Colony in Australia.
- June 10 » The first Boat Race between the University of Oxford and the University of Cambridge takes place on the Thames in London.
- September 11 » Surrender of the expedition led by Isidro Barradas at Tampico, sent by the Spanish crown to retake Mexico. This was the consummation of Mexico's campaign for independence.
- October 1 » South African College is founded in Cape Town, South Africa. It will later separate into the University of Cape Town and the South African College Schools.
Same birth/death day
- 1751 » Princess Charlotte of Saxe-Meiningen († 1827)
- 1764 » Valentino Fioravanti, Italian organist and composer († 1837)
- 1771 » Mungo Park, Scottish surgeon and explorer († 1806)
- 1786 » Friedrich Kuhlau, German-Danish pianist and composer († 1832)
- 1798 » Franz Ernst Neumann, German mineralogist and physicist († 1895)
- 1800 » Daniel S. Dickinson, American lawyer and politician, 13th Lieutenant Governor of New York († 1866)
- 1813 » Benjamin Rush, American physician and educator (b. 1745)
- 1824 » Lord Byron, English-Scottish poet and playwright (b. 1788)
- 1831 » Johann Gottlieb Friedrich von Bohnenberger, German astronomer and mathematician (b. 1765)
- 1833 » James Gambier, 1st Baron Gambier, Bahamian-English admiral and politician, 36th Commodore Governor of Newfoundland (b. 1756)
- 1840 » Jean-Jacques Lartigue, Canadian bishop (b. 1777)
- 1854 » Robert Jameson, Scottish mineralogist and academic (b. 1774)
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W. van Soom, "Family tree Van Soom", database, Genealogy Online (https://www.genealogieonline.nl/stamboom-van-soom/I39331.php : accessed January 26, 2026), "Petrus Hens (1767-1829)".