Family tree Van Willigen » Arije (Arien) Blommers (1763-1836)

Christening day June 11, 1763

• The temperature on June 11, 1763 was about 14.0 °C. There was 26 mm of rainWind direction mainly west by south. Weather type: regen 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)
• Regent Lodewijk Ernst (Hertog van Brunswijk-Wolfenbüttel) was from 1759 till 1766 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
• In the year 1763: Source: Wikipedia
  • February 10 » French and Indian War: The Treaty of Paris ends the war and France cedes Quebec to Great Britain.
  • May 9 » The Siege of Fort Detroit begins during Pontiac's War against British forces.
  • July 31 » Odawa Chief Pontiac's forces defeat British troops at the Battle of Bloody Run during Pontiac's War.
  • August 5 » Pontiac's War: Battle of Bushy Run: British forces led by Henry Bouquet defeat Chief Pontiac's Indians at Bushy Run.
  • September 14 » Seneca warriors defeat British forces at the Battle of Devil's Hole during Pontiac's War.
  • December 2 » Dedication of the Touro Synagogue, in Newport, Rhode Island, the first synagogue in what will become the United States.

Day of marriage February 26, 1792

• The temperature on February 26, 1792 was about 2.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east-southeast. Weather type: 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
  • March 29 » King Gustav III of Sweden dies after being shot in the back at a midnight masquerade ball at Stockholm's Royal Opera 13 days earlier. He is succeeded by Gustav IV Adolf.
  • April 25 » "La Marseillaise" (the French national anthem) is composed by Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle.
  • 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.
  • June 4 » Captain George Vancouver claims Puget Sound for the Kingdom of Great Britain.
  • September 2 » During what became known as the September Massacres of the French Revolution, rampaging mobs slaughter three Roman Catholic bishops, more than two hundred priests, and prisoners believed to be royalist sympathizers.
  • September 20 » French troops stop an allied invasion of France at the Battle of Valmy.

Day of death June 11, 1836

• The temperature on June 11, 1836 was about 14.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west. Weather type: half bewolkt winderig 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 1836: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 2.9 million citizens.
  • February 19 » King William IV signs Letters Patent establishing the Province of South Australia.
  • February 23 » Texas Revolution: The Siege of the Alamo (prelude to the Battle of the Alamo) begins in San Antonio, Texas.
  • March 1 » A convention of delegates from 57 Texas communities convenes in Washington-on-the-Brazos, Texas, to deliberate independence from Mexico.
  • March 27 » Texas Revolution: On the orders of General Antonio López de Santa Anna, the Mexican army massacres 342 Texas POWs at Goliad, Texas.
  • April 20 » U.S. Congress passes an act creating the Wisconsin Territory.
  • October 16 » Great Trek: Afrikaner voortrekkers repulse a Matabele attack, but lose their livestock.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1796 » Samuel Whitbread, English brewer and politician, founded the Whitbread Company (b. 1720)
• 1847 » John Franklin, English admiral and politician (b. 1786)
• 1852 » Karl Bryullov, Russian painter (b. 1799)
• 1859 » Klemens von Metternich, German-Austrian politician, 1st State Chancellor of the Austrian Empire (b. 1773)
• 1879 » William, Prince of Orange (b. 1840)
• 1882 » Louis Désiré Maigret, French bishop (b. 1804)