Family tree Weening » Romkjen Harmens Sterkenborg (1770-1826)
Personal data Romkjen Harmens Sterkenborg
- She was born in Oudwoude, gem. Kollumerland c.a. (Fr).Source 1
- She was christened on October 7, 1770 in Oudwoude, gem. Kollumerland c.a. (Fr).
- Profession: boerin.
- She died on November 9, 1826 in Augsbuurt, gem. Kollumerland c.a. (Fr).Source 2
- A child of Harmen Johannes Sterkenborg and Jeltje Sjoerds
- This information was last updated on November 29, 2024.
Household of Romkjen Harmens Sterkenborg
She is married to Franke Brugts Sekema.
They got married on December 5, 1790 at Oudwoude, gem. Kollumerland c.a. (Fr).Source 3
Child(ren):
- Harmen Frankes Sekema 1792-1869
- Grietje Frankes 1802-< 1811
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Christening day October 7, 1770
- The temperature on October 7, 1770 was about 15.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north west from. Weather type: donker 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 1770: Source: Wikipedia
- April 19 » Captain James Cook, still holding the rank of lieutenant, sights the eastern coast of what is now Australia.
- April 29 » James Cook arrives in Australia at Botany Bay, which he names.
- May 16 » The 14-year-old Marie Antoinette marries 15-year-old Louis-Auguste, who later becomes king of France.
- July 1 » Lexell's Comet is seen closer to the Earth than any other comet in recorded history, approaching to a distance of 0.0146 astronomical units (2,180,000km; 1,360,000mi).
- August 21 » James Cook formally claims eastern Australia for Great Britain, naming it New South Wales.
- November 14 » James Bruce discovers what he believes to be the source of the Nile.
Day of marriage December 5, 1790
- The temperature on December 5, 1790 was about 5.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northwest. 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 1790: Source: Wikipedia
- July 16 » The District of Columbia is established as the capital of the United States after signature of the Residence Act.
- July 31 » The first U.S. patent is issued, to inventor Samuel Hopkins for a potash process.
- August 4 » A newly passed tariff act creates the Revenue Cutter Service (the forerunner of the United States Coast Guard).
- November 1 » Edmund Burke publishes Reflections on the Revolution in France, in which he predicts that the French Revolution will end in a disaster.
- December 17 » The Aztec calendar stone is discovered at El Zócalo, Mexico City.
- December 22 » The Turkish fortress of Izmail is stormed and captured by Alexander Suvorov and his Russian armies.
Day of death November 9, 1826
- The temperature on November 9, 1826 was about 4.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north-northeast. 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 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- October 7 » The Granite Railway begins operations as the first chartered railway in the U.S.
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