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Personal data Volkert van der Willigen(van Willigen) 


Household of Volkert van der Willigen(van Willigen)

(1) He is married to Wilhelmina van Heereveen.

Their notice of marriage was on February 25, 1759 in Haarlem.

They got married on March 13, 1759 at Haarlem, he was 22 years old.


Child(ren):



(2) He is married to Dijna Hoogstad.

Their notice of marriage was on May 15, 1768 in Vlaardingen.

They got married on May 12, 1768 at Vlaardingen, he was 31 years old.


Child(ren):

  1. Jacob van der Willigen  1769-< 1773

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  • The temperature on November 14, 1737 was about 6.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north-northwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken. 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 1737: Source: Wikipedia
    • March 28 » The Marathas under Baji Rao I attack and defeat the Mughals in the Battle of Delhi.
    • September 20 » The finish of the Walking Purchase which forces the cession of 1.2 million acres (4,860km²) of Lenape-Delaware tribal land to the Pennsylvania Colony.
    • November 4 » The Teatro di San Carlo, the oldest working opera house in Europe, is inaugurated in Naples, Italy.
    • December 24 » The Marathas defeat the combined forces of the Mughal Empire, Rajputs of Jaipur, Nizam of Hyderabad, Nawab of Awadh and Nawab of Bengal in the Battle of Bhopal.
  • The temperature on May 12, 1768 was about 10.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northwest. Weather type: omtrent helder. Special wheather fenomena: veel dauw. 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 1768: Source: Wikipedia
    • April 4 » In London, Philip Astley stages the first modern circus.
    • June 21 » James Otis Jr. offends the King and Parliament in a speech to the Massachusetts General Court.
    • August 26 » Captain James Cook sets sail from England on board HMSEndeavour.
    • November 5 » Treaty of Fort Stanwix, the purpose of which is to adjust the boundary line between Indian lands and white settlements set forth in the Royal Proclamation of 1763 in the Thirteen Colonies.
    • December 10 » The first edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica is published.
    • December 28 » King Taksin's coronation achieved through conquest as a king of Thailand and established Thonburi as a capital.
  • The temperature on September 30, 1807 was about 13.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west-northwest. Weather type: zwaar storm(achtig) bui. 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 1807: Source: Wikipedia
    • February 8 » After two days of bitter fighting, the Russians under Bennigsen and the Prussians under L'Estocq concede the Battle of Eylau to Napoleon.
    • March 25 » The Slave Trade Act becomes law, abolishing the slave trade in the British Empire.
    • March 25 » The Swansea and Mumbles Railway, then known as the Oystermouth Railway, becomes the first passenger-carrying railway in the world.
    • June 14 » Emperor Napoleon's French Grande Armée defeats the Russian Army at the Battle of Friedland in Poland (modern Russian Kaliningrad Oblast) ending the War of the Fourth Coalition.
    • August 17 » Robert Fulton's North River Steamboat leaves New York City for Albany, New York, on the Hudson River, inaugurating the first commercial steamboat service in the world.
    • September 2 » The British Royal Navy bombards Copenhagen with fire bombs and phosphorus rockets to prevent Denmark from surrendering its fleet to Napoleon.


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