Family tree Van Willigen » Nicolaas van Hoorn (1703-1776)

Personal data Nicolaas van Hoorn 

  • He was born on December 23, 1703 in Vlissingen.
  • Profession: Raad, secretaris en burgemeester, ooperkerkmeester, rekenmeester en bewindhebber O.I.C..
  • He died on October 2, 1776 in Vlissingen, he was 72 years old.
  • This information was last updated on May 20, 2012.

Household of Nicolaas van Hoorn

(1) He is married to Catharina Henriëtta de Huybert.

They got married on August 15, 1729 at Vlissingen, he was 25 years old.


(2) He is married to Margaretha Johanna Ockerse.

Hebben samen 2 kinderen.

They got married on July 24, 1738 at Middelburg, he was 34 years old.

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Historical events

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    Van 1702 tot 1747 kende Nederland (ookwel Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden) zijn Tweede Stadhouderloze Tijdperk.
  • In the year 1703: Source: Wikipedia
    • February 4 » In Edo (now Tokyo), all but one of the Forty-seven Ronin commit seppuku (ritual suicide) as recompense for avenging their master's death.
    • May 21 » Daniel Defoe is imprisoned on charges of seditious libel.
    • May 27 » Tsar Peter the Great founds the city of Saint Petersburg.
    • July 26 » During the Bavarian Rummel the rural population of Tyrol drove the Bavarian Prince-Elector Maximilian II Emanuel out of North Tyrol with a victory at the Pontlatzer Bridge and thus prevented the Bavarian Army, which was allied with France, from marching as planned on Vienna during the War of the Spanish Succession.
    • August 23 » Edirne event: Sultan Mustafa II of the Ottoman Empire is dethroned.
    • December 27 » Portugal and England sign the Methuen Treaty which gives preference to Portuguese imported wines into England.
  • The temperature on October 2, 1776 was about 12.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north-northeast. 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
    • January 1 » General George Washington hoists the first United States flag; the Grand Union Flag at Prospect Hill.
    • April 6 » American Revolutionary War: Ships of the Continental Navy fail in their attempt to capture a Royal Navy dispatch boat.
    • April 7 » Captain John Barry and the USSLexington captures the Edward.
    • October 11 » American Revolution: A fleet of American boats on Lake Champlain is defeated by the Royal Navy, but delays the British advance until 1777.
    • November 29 » American Revolutionary War: The Battle of Fort Cumberland, Nova Scotia, comes to an end with the arrival of British reinforcements.
    • December 26 » American Revolutionary War: In the Battle of Trenton, the Continental Army attacks and successfully defeats a garrison of Hessian forces.


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About the surname Van Hoorn


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