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Personal data Huijg Knegt 

  • He was baptized on December 3, 1747 in Ridderkerk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland.Source 1
    Getuige: Lijsbeth Dirkse de Rooij
  • Profession: from November 15, 1772 till December 18, 1772 Matroos in dienst van de VOC.Source 2
    Op 15 november 1772 vertrok de "Bleiswijk" onder leiding van Kornelis de Roo, vanuit Fort Rammekens aan de Westerschelde voor een barre zeetocht richting de Oost. Eindbestemming Batavia.

    Aan boord 167 personeelsleden, 87 soldaten, 17 ambachtslieden en 1 passagier. Onder hen Huijg Knegt, die als matroos begon aan zijn eerste zeereis. Helaas is hij niet ver gekomen. Een maand na vertrek kwam het schip in een hevige storm terecht waardoor het schip vol water was gelopen. Op 14 december 1772 arriveerde het schip zwaar gehavend in de haven van Rochefort (noord Frankrijk). De mast was verloren gegaan en er waren meer dan 100 man gedood of gewond geraakt. Huijg Knegt was één van die gewonden. Na aankomst in Rochefort heeft hij nog een paar dagen geleefd waarna hij op 18 december 1772 is overleden. Huijg is 25 jaar geworden.

    Bronnen:
    * [Commanders of Dutch East India Ships in the Eighteenth Century door J. R. Bruijn, pagina 257](https://is.gd/dTiCbP)
    * [The Dutch East India Company's shipping between the Netherlands and Asia 1595-1795 door Huygens ING](http://resources.huygens.knaw.nl/das/detailVoyage/95207)
    * [fortrammekens.nl](http://www.fortrammekens.nl)
  • He died on December 18, 1772.Source 2
  • A child of Eeuwit Eeuwitsz Knegt and Dirkje Huijgen de Roo

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    Sources

    1. DTB Ridderkerk / Nationaal Archief Den Haag
    2. VOC opvarenden / Nationaal Archief Den Haag

    Historical events

    Christening day December 3, 1747

    • The temperature on December 3, 1747 was about 10.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north west from. Weather type: geheel betrokken zeer betrokken. Source: KNMI
    •  This page is only available in Dutch.
      Van 1702 tot 1747 kende Nederland (ookwel Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden) zijn Tweede Stadhouderloze Tijdperk.
    • Erfstadhouder Prins Willem IV (Huis van Oranje) was from 1747 till 1751 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
    • In the year 1747: Source: Wikipedia
      • January 31 » The first venereal diseases clinic opens at London Lock Hospital.
      • May 14 » War of the Austrian Succession: A British fleet under Admiral George Anson defeats the French at the First Battle of Cape Finisterre.
      • October 25 » War of the Austrian Succession: A British fleet under Admiral Edward Hawke defeats the French at the Second Battle of Cape Finisterre.

    Day of death December 18, 1772

    • The temperature on December 18, 1772 was about 9.0 °C. There was 22 mm of rainWind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: regen donker. 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 1772: Source: Wikipedia
      • January 1 » The first traveler's cheques, which could be used in 90 European cities, were issued by the London Credit Exchange Company.
      • June 9 » The British schooner Gaspee is burned in Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island.
      • June 12 » French explorer Marc-Joseph Marion du Fresne and 25 of his men killed by Māori in New Zealand.
      • August 19 » Gustav III of Sweden stages a coup d'état, in which he assumes power and enacts a new constitution that divides power between the Riksdag and the King.
      • August 21 » King Gustav III completes his coup d'état by adopting a new Constitution, ending half a century of parliamentary rule in Sweden and installing himself as an enlightened despot.
      • September 1 » The Mission San Luis Obispo de Tolosa is founded in San Luis Obispo, California.
    

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