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Personal data Dirk Jacobs Veenstra 


Household of Dirk Jacobs Veenstra

He is married to Frouwkje Jacobs.

They got married on May 12, 1776 at Kollum, gem. Kollumerland c.a. (Fr).Source 2


Child(ren):

  1. Jan Dirks Veenstra  1794-1834

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Dirk Jacobs Veenstra

Dirk Jacobs Veenstra
± 1745-1812

1776

Frouwkje Jacobs
± 1750-????

Jan Dirks Veenstra
1794-1834

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Sources

  1. Overlijdensregister 1812-1816 Kollum, Kollumerland c.a.
  2. www.allefriezen.nl

Historical events

Day of marriage May 12, 1776

  • The temperature on May 12, 1776 was about 16.0 °C. Wind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: omtrent helder. 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 1776: Source: Wikipedia
    • March 2 » American Revolutionary War: Patriot militia units arrest the Royal Governor of Georgia James Wright and attempt to prevent capture of supply ships in the Battle of the Rice Boats.
    • May 15 » American Revolution: The Fifth Virginia Convention instructs its Continental Congress delegation to propose a resolution of independence from Great Britain, paving the way for the United States Declaration of Independence.
    • July 12 » Captain James Cook begins his third voyage.
    • August 10 » American Revolutionary War: Word of the United States Declaration of Independence reaches London.
    • September 17 » The Presidio of San Francisco is founded in New Spain.
    • November 29 » American Revolutionary War: The Battle of Fort Cumberland, Nova Scotia, comes to an end with the arrival of British reinforcements.

Day of death March 9, 1812

  • The temperature on March 9, 1812 was about 5.0 °C. Wind direction mainly 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 1812: Source: Wikipedia
    • February 11 » Massachusetts governor Elbridge Gerry is accused of "gerrymandering" for the first time.
    • June 23 » War of 1812: Great Britain revokes the restrictions on American commerce, thus eliminating one of the chief reasons for going to war.
    • August 24 » Peninsular War: A coalition of Spanish, British, and Portuguese forces succeed in lifting the two-and-a-half-year-long Siege of Cádiz.
    • September 13 » War of 1812: A supply wagon sent to relieve Fort Harrison is ambushed in the Attack at the Narrows.
    • October 9 » War of 1812: In a naval engagement on Lake Erie, American forces capture two British ships: HMSDetroit and HMSCaledonia.
    • October 25 » War of 1812: The American frigate, USSUnited States, commanded by Stephen Decatur, captures the British frigate HMSMacedonian.


Same birth/death day

Source: Wikipedia


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