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Personal data Elizabeth Drost 

  • She was born on September 15, 1754 in Rotterdam.
    Dopeling Elisabeth Drost
    Vader Dirk Drost
    Moeder Elisabeth Rotteveel
    Plaats Rotterdam
    Datum doop 15-09-1754
    Wonende op het Steijger
    Bron DTB Rotterdam Doop gereformeerd
  • She died on April 27, 1784 in Rotterdam, she was 29 years old.
    Overledene Elisabet Drost
    Huisvrouw van Christiaan van Aken
    Plaats Rotterdam
    Datum begraven 27-04-1784
    Opmerkingen Wijnstraat over de Duijvelsteeg
    Bron DTB Rotterdam Begraven
  • This information was last updated on August 27, 2011.

Household of Elizabeth Drost

She is married to Christiaan van Aken.

Permission for the marriage has been obtained in Rotterdam on May 6, 1770.

They got married on May 20, 1770 at Rotterdam, she was 15 years old.

Bruidegom Christiaan van Aken weduwnaar van , van Rotterdam , wonend: Wijnstraat
Bruid Elisabeth Drost , jongedochter , van Rotterdam , wonend: Wijnstraat
Plaats Rotterdam
Datum trouwen 20-05-1770
Datum ondertrouw 06-05-1770
Bron DTB Rotterdam Trouw gereformeerd 002

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Historical events

Birthday September 15, 1754

  • The temperature on September 15, 1754 was about 15.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northwest. Weather type: geheel 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)
  • 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 1754: Source: Wikipedia
    • January 28 » Sir Horace Walpole coins the word serendipity in a letter to a friend.
    • May 28 » French and Indian War: In the first engagement of the war, Virginia militia under the 22-year-old Lieutenant colonel George Washington defeat a French reconnaissance party in the Battle of Jumonville Glen in what is now Fayette County in southwestern Pennsylvania.
    • July 3 » French and Indian War: George Washington surrenders Fort Necessity to French forces.

Day of death April 27, 1784

  • The temperature on April 27, 1784 was about 8.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south-southwest. 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 1784: Source: Wikipedia
    • January 14 » American Revolutionary War: Ratification Day, United States - Congress ratifies the Treaty of Paris with Great Britain.
    • March 22 » The Emerald Buddha is moved with great ceremony to its current location in Wat Phra Kaew, Thailand.
    • April 9 » The Treaty of Paris, ratified by the United States Congress on January 14, 1784, is ratified by King George III of the Kingdom of Great Britain, ending the American Revolutionary War. Copies of the ratified documents are exchanged on May 12, 1784.
    • August 17 » Classical composer Luigi Boccherini receives a pay rise of 12000 reals from his employer, the Infante Luis, Count of Chinchón.
    • August 23 » Western North Carolina (now eastern Tennessee) declares itself an independent state under the name of Franklin; it is not accepted into the United States, and only lasts for four years.
    • October 22 » Russia founds a colony on Kodiak Island, Alaska.


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