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Personal data Gerrit van Willigen (van Willegen) 


Household of Gerrit van Willigen (van Willegen)

He is married to Mereke van Leeuwen.

They got married on February 18, 1810 at Gameren, he was 23 years old.


Child(ren):

  2. Sara van Willigen  1812-????
  6. Jan van Willigen  1823-1918 

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    Historical events

    Birthday February 3, 1787

    • The temperature on February 3, 1787 was about 2.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south-southwest. Weather type: betrokken mist. 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 1787: Source: Wikipedia
      • January 25 » Shays's Rebellion: The rebellion's largest confrontation, outside the Springfield Armory, results in the killing of four rebels and the wounding of twenty.
      • February 3 » Militia led by General Benjamin Lincoln crush the remnants of Shays' Rebellion in Petersham, Massachusetts.
      • June 20 » Oliver Ellsworth moves at the Federal Convention to call the government the 'United States'.
      • October 29 » Mozart's opera Don Giovanni receives its first performance in Prague.
      • December 7 » Delaware becomes the first state to ratify the United States Constitution.
      • December 18 » New Jersey becomes the third state to ratify the U.S. Constitution.

    Day of marriage February 18, 1810

    • The temperature on February 18, 1810 was about 1.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northwest. Weather type: betrokken sneeuw. 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 1810: Source: Wikipedia
      • February 5 » Peninsular War: Siege of Cádiz begins.
      • April 20 » The governor of Caracas, Venezuela declares independence from Spain.
      • June 23 » John Jacob Astor forms the Pacific Fur Company.
      • September 16 » With the Grito de Dolores, Father Miguel Hidalgo begins Mexico's fight for independence from Spain.
      • October 12 » The citizens of Munich hold the first Oktoberfest.
      • October 27 » United States annexes the former Spanish colony of West Florida.

    Day of death December 18, 1874

    • The temperature on December 18, 1874 was about 1.5 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the north-northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 76%. Source: KNMI
    • Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
    • From July 6, 1872 till August 27, 1874 the Netherlands had a cabinet De Vries - Fransen van de Putte with the prime ministers Mr. G. de Vries Azn. (liberaal) and I.D. Fransen van de Putte (liberaal).
    • From August 27, 1874 till November 3, 1877 the Netherlands had a cabinet Heemskerk - Van Lijnden van Sandenburg with the prime ministers Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) and Mr. C.Th. baron Van Lijnden van Sandenburg (AR).
    • In the year 1874: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
      • March 15 » France and Vietnam sign the Second Treaty of Saigon, further recognizing the full sovereignty of France over Cochinchina.
      • June 29 » Greek politician Charilaos Trikoupis publishes a manifesto in the Athens daily Kairoi entitled "Who's to Blame?" leveling complaints against King George. Trikoupis is elected Prime Minister of Greece the next year.
      • July 8 » The Mounties begin their March West.
      • July 14 » The Chicago Fire of 1874 burns down 47 acres of the city, destroying 812 buildings, killing 20, and resulting in the fire insurance industry demanding municipal reforms from Chicago's city council.
      • August 5 » Japan launches its postal savings system, modeled after a similar system in the United Kingdom.
      • November 7 » A cartoon by Thomas Nast in Harper's Weekly, is considered the first important use of an elephant as a symbol for the United States Republican Party.
    

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