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Personal data Martijntje van Wijgerden 

  • She was born on November 20, 1774 in Brakel.
  • She died on April 30, 1812 in Brakel, she was 37 years old.
  • This information was last updated on November 18, 2012.

Household of Martijntje van Wijgerden

She is married to Sijmen Cooijman.

They got married on October 26, 1804 at Brakel, she was 29 years old.

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Birthday November 20, 1774

  • The temperature on November 20, 1774 was about -1.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northeast. Weather type: geheel 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 1774: Source: Wikipedia
    • June 2 » Intolerable Acts: The Quartering Act is enacted, allowing a governor in colonial America to house British soldiers in uninhabited houses, outhouses, barns, or other buildings if suitable quarters are not provided.
    • June 13 » Rhode Island becomes the first of Britain's North American colonies to ban the importation of slaves.
    • June 22 » The British pass the Quebec Act, setting out rules of governance for the colony of Quebec in British North America.
    • July 21 » Russo-Turkish War (1768–74): Russia and the Ottoman Empire sign the Treaty of Küçük Kaynarca ending the war.
    • September 5 » First Continental Congress assembles in Philadelphia.
    • October 21 » The flag of Taunton, Massachusetts is the first to include the word "Liberty".

Day of death April 30, 1812

  • The temperature on April 30, 1812 was about 8.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northeast. Weather type: half bewolkt. Source: KNMI
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    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
    • March 16 » The Siege of Badajoz begins: British and Portuguese forces besiege and defeat the French garrison during the Peninsular War.
    • April 6 » British forces under the command of the Duke of Wellington assault the fortress of Badajoz. This would be the turning point in the Peninsular War against Napoleon-led France.
    • June 1 » War of 1812: U.S. President James Madison asks the Congress to declare war on the United Kingdom.
    • September 3 » Twenty-four settlers are killed in the Pigeon Roost Massacre in Indiana.
    • October 24 » Napoleonic Wars: The Battle of Maloyaroslavets takes place near Moscow.
    • November 26 » The Battle of Berezina begins during Napoleon's retreat from Russia.


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