Family tree Weening » Pieter Douwes Vlietstra (± 1761-1826)
Personal data Pieter Douwes Vlietstra
- He was born about 1761 in Buitenpost, gem. Achtkarspelen (Fr).
- He died on November 26, 1826 in Hallum, gem. Ferwerderadeel (Fr).Source 1
- A child of Douwe Hanzes and Gerkje Pieters
- This information was last updated on August 23, 2019.
Household of Pieter Douwes Vlietstra
He is married to Sijke Geerts Smeding.
They got married on May 15, 1791 at Leeuwarden (Fr).Source 2
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Historical events
Day of marriage May 15, 1791
- The temperature on May 15, 1791 was about 14.0 °C. Wind direction mainly 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 1791: Source: Wikipedia
- January 2 » Big Bottom massacre in the Ohio Country, North America, marking the beginning of the Northwest Indian War.
- June 21 » King Louis XVI of France and his immediate family begin the Flight to Varennes during the French Revolution.
- August 4 » The Treaty of Sistova is signed, ending the Ottoman–Habsburg wars.
- September 14 » The Papal States lose Avignon to Revolutionary France.
- September 27 » The National Assembly votes to award full citizenship to Jews in France.
- December 15 » The United States Bill of Rights becomes law when ratified by the Virginia General Assembly.
Day of death November 26, 1826
- The temperature on November 26, 1826 was about 3.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south-southwest. Weather type: veel 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 1826: Source: Wikipedia
- April 10 » The 10,500 inhabitants of the Greek town of Missolonghi begin leaving the town after a year's siege by Turkish forces. Very few of them survive.
- June 21 » Maniots defeat Egyptians under Ibrahim Pasha in the Battle of Vergas.
- September 11 » Captain William Morgan, an ex-freemason is arrested in Batavia, New York for debt after declaring that he would publish The Mysteries of Free Masonry, a book against Freemasonry. This sets into motion the events that lead to his mysterious disappearance.
- October 7 » The Granite Railway begins operations as the first chartered railway in the U.S.
- November 25 » The Greek frigate Hellas arrives in Nafplion to become the first flagship of the Hellenic Navy.
- December 16 » Benjamin W. Edwards rides into Mexican-controlled Nacogdoches, Texas, and declares himself ruler of the Republic of Fredonia.
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- 1855 » Adam Mickiewicz, Polish poet and playwright (b. 1798)
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- 1860 » Benjamin Greene, English brewer, founded Greene King (b. 1780)
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