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Personal data Willem Alberts Ligger 


Household of Willem Alberts Ligger

He is married to Grietje Aaldriks.

They were married in church on April 12, 1773 at Nieuw Beerta.


Child(ren):

  1. Antje Willems Liggers  ± 1774-1864 
  2. Aaldrik Willems Timmer  1777-1847 
  3. Albert Willems Ligger  1779-1860 
  5. Hilke Willems Timmer  1785-1839 


Notes about Willem Alberts Ligger

Ze kopen op 31 mei 1775 een stuk land met behuizing van Willem Elzes en erfgenamen. Een en ander ligt in Ekamp onder Oostwold.

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Historical events

Christening day July 10, 1740

  • The temperature on July 10, 1740 was about 21.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south. Weather type: omtrent helder. Source: KNMI
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    Van 1702 tot 1747 kende Nederland (ookwel Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden) zijn Tweede Stadhouderloze Tijdperk.
  • In the year 1740: Source: Wikipedia
    • April 8 » War of Jenkins' Ear: Three British ships capture the Spanish third-rate Princesa, taken into service as HMSPrincess.
    • June 13 » Georgia provincial governor James Oglethorpe begins an unsuccessful attempt to take Spanish Florida during the Siege of St. Augustine.
    • June 26 » A combined force of Spanish, free blacks and allied Indians defeat a British garrison at the Siege of Fort Mose near St. Augustine during the War of Jenkins' Ear.
    • August 17 » Pope Benedict XIV, previously known as Prospero Lambertini, succeeds Clement XII as the 247th Pope.
    • October 9 » Dutch colonists and Javanese natives begin massacring the ethnic Chinese population in Batavia, eventually killing 10,000.
    • October 20 » France, Prussia, Bavaria and Saxony refuse to honour the Pragmatic Sanction, and the War of the Austrian Succession begins.

Day of marriage April 12, 1773

  • The temperature on April 12, 1773 was about 7.0 °C. Wind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: omtrent helder 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 1773: Source: Wikipedia
    • January 1 » The hymn that became known as "Amazing Grace", then titled "1 Chronicles 17:16–17" is first used to accompany a sermon led by John Newton in the town of Olney, Buckinghamshire, England.
    • May 10 » The Parliament of Great Britain passes the Tea Act, designed to save the British East India Company by reducing taxes on its tea and granting it the right to sell tea directly to North America. The legislation leads to the Boston Tea Party.
    • June 1 » Wolraad Woltemade rescues 14 sailors at the Cape of Good Hope from the sinking ship De Jonge Thomas by riding his horse into the sea seven times. He drowned on his eighth attempt.
    • October 12 » America's first insane asylum opens.
    • October 14 » The first recorded ministry of education, the Commission of National Education, is formed in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.
    • December 16 » American Revolution: Boston Tea Party: Members of the Sons of Liberty disguised as Mohawk Indians dump hundreds of crates of tea into Boston harbor as a protest against the Tea Act.

Day of death June 11, 1792

  • The temperature on June 11, 1792 was about 16.0 °C. There was 4 mm of rainWind direction mainly south by east. 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 1792: Source: Wikipedia
    • April 5 » United States President George Washington exercises his authority to veto a bill, the first time this power is used in the United States.
    • April 21 » Tiradentes, a revolutionary leading a movement for Brazil's independence, is hanged, drawn and quartered.
    • May 21 » A lava dome collapses on Mount Unzen, near the city of Shimbara on the Japanese island of Kyūshū, creating a deadly tsunami that kills nearly 15,000 people.
    • September 22 » Primidi Vendémiaire of year one of the French Republican Calendar as the French First Republic comes into being.
    • October 12 » The first celebration of Columbus Day is held in New York City.
    • December 11 » French Revolution: King Louis XVI of France is put on trial for treason by the National Convention.

Day of burial June 14, 1792

  • The temperature on June 14, 1792 was about 14.0 °C. There was 132 mm of rainWind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: betrokken regen. 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 1792: Source: Wikipedia
    • January 25 » The London Corresponding Society is founded.
    • April 5 » United States President George Washington exercises his authority to veto a bill, the first time this power is used in the United States.
    • April 20 » France declares war against the "King of Hungary and Bohemia", the beginning of French Revolutionary Wars.
    • May 15 » War of the First Coalition: France declares war on Kingdom of Sardinia.
    • August 13 » King Louis XVI of France is formally arrested by the National Tribunal, and declared an enemy of the people.
    • October 12 » The first celebration of Columbus Day is held in New York City.


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