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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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
- March 4 » The Constitutional Act of 1791 is introduced by the British House of Commons in London which envisages the separation of Canada into Lower Canada (Quebec) and Upper Canada (Ontario).
- May 15 » French Revolution: Maximilien Robespierre proposes the Self-denying Ordinance.
- September 27 » The National Assembly votes to award full citizenship to Jews in France.
- October 1 » First session of the French Legislative Assembly.
- November 4 » Northwest Indian War: The Western Confederacy of American Indians wins a major victory over the United States in the Battle of the Wabash.
- 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
- January 30 » The Menai Suspension Bridge, considered the world's first modern suspension bridge, connecting the Isle of Anglesey to the north West coast of Wales, is opened.
- March 13 » Pope Leo XII publishes the apostolic constitution Quo Graviora in which he renewed the prohibition on Catholics joining freemasonry.
- August 18 » Major Gordon Laing becomes the first non-Muslim to enter Timbuktu.
- 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.
- December 21 » American settlers in Nacogdoches, Mexican Texas, declare their independence, starting the Fredonian Rebellion.
- December 25 » The Eggnog Riot at the United States Military Academy concludes after beginning the previous evening.
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