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| 1 | 1552 | - 1552: A fire in the village of Winterswijk destroys many houses. At least one person, a disabled carpenter named Engelbert Bonninck, dies in the fire.
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| 2 | 1559 | - 1559: The new bishopric of Deventer is formed, which includes Bredevoort.
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| 3 | 1560 | - 1560: De gebroeders Slegel maken een orgel voor de Helenakerk in Aalten.
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| 4 | 1562 | - 1562: The lords of Anholt pawn the manor of Bredevoort.
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| 5 | 1586 | - 1586: Bredevoort is troubled by witches. Several witch trials are conducted. One witch dies during torture without confessing her crimes.
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| 6 | 1597 | - 1597: Bredevoort is captured for the Dutch Republic by Maurits of Orange.
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| 7 | 1599 | - 1599: Pastor Rauwerts holds a speech supporting the reformation. Ever since, the Dutch Reformed religion has been the dominant religion in the region.
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| 8 | 1606 | - 1606: The Spanish try to recapture Bredevoort. They capture the town, but not the castle. The Dutch Republican troops reclaim the town.
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| 9 | 1610 | - 1610: Willem ten Oistendarp from De Heurne, Dinxperlo and Berend Swenen from Barlo, Aalten fail the water test and are sentenced to death for witchcraft.
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| 10 | 1611 | - 1611: At the order of the bishop, many anabaptists flee Münster. Several families settle in Winterswijk.
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| 11 | 1612 | - 1612: The Nassaus pawn the manor of Bredevoort.
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| 12 | 1626 | - 1626: Around 1626, Hendrickje Stoffels is born in Bredevoort. She would later become the mistress and model of the famous painter Rembrandt van Rijn.
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| 13 | 1627 | - 1627: The nearby town of Groenlo is conquered by the Dutch Republican troops and remains Dutch thereafter.
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| 14 | 1636 | - 1636: The plague strikes the area. Several people die of this 'black death'.
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| 15 | 1646 | - 1646: Lightning strikes the gunpowder tower of the Bredevoort castle. The entire castle and several houses in the vicinity are destroyed. Several people, including the sheriff, are killed.
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| 16 | 1648 | - 1648: All the church bells ring in celebration of the peace of Münster, which ends the Dutch War of Independence.
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| 17 | 1665 | - 1665: Münster bishop Bernard van Galen invades the Achterhoek area with a large army.
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| 18 | 1672 | - 1672: Bredevoort is occupied by the Munster bishop Bernard van Galen from 1672 until 1674. During that time, the official religion is changed to Roman-Catholic.
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| 19 | 1674 | - 1674: A chapel of the cross (Kreuzkapelle) is establised just across the German border to allow Roman Catholics from Aalten to worship.
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| 20 | 1682 | - 1682: The Winterswijk weavers get permission to start their own weaver's guild.
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| 21 | 1696 | - 1696: The manor of Bredevoort is given to William III of Nassau (king of England and lieutenant of the Netherlands) as his personal property.
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| 22 | 1698 | - 1698: Dinxperlo gets its first school teacher: Heyne te Beest.
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| 23 | 1704 | - 1704: The Bredevoort fortifications are being enhanced according to the views of the famous fortification expert Menno van Coehoorn.
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| 24 | 1711 | - 1711: The Anabaptists build their own church in Winterswijk.
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| 25 | 1715 | - 1715: Lightning strikes the tower of the Winterswijk church. This causes a fire, which is quickly put out.
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| 26 | 1723 | - 1723: A fire destroys the neighboring town of Varsseveld.
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| 27 | 1727 | - 1727: Two 'contrescarps' (steep inclines) are added in front of the two gates of Bredevoort to further protect the town.
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| 28 | 1730 | - 1730: In Dinxperlo, sections of the common grounds are sold to clear debts with the Bredevoort administration.
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| 29 | 1748 | - 1748: The first complete registration of the population of the manor Bredevoort takes place.
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| 30 | 1750 | - 1750: A religious revival sweeps through Aalten.
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| 31 | 1755 | - 1755: The Bredevoort fortifications are decommissioned.
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| 32 | 1759 | - 1759: The Bredevoort garrison is decomissioned. New rules are introduced for the opening and closing of the town gates.
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| 33 | 1763 | - 1763: English troops pass through Bredevoort.
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| 34 | 1765 | - 1765: In Burlo, an agreement is reach about the border between Aalten, Dinxperlo and Winterswijk and the neighboring bishopric of Münster.
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| 35 | 1775 | - 1775: A new law is introduced for the serfs of the manor of Bredevoort. This law allows them more freedom.
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| 36 | 1784 | - 1784: An inspection shows the Bredevoort fortifications are in disarray. Plans to redevelop the fort are never executed.
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| 37 | 1795 | - 1795: With the French occupation, serfdom is abolished. All former serfs now own the farms they worked on.
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| 38 | 1799 | - 1799: Winterswijk gets its own Catholic church.
- 1799: The noblewoman Judith van Dorth is executed for openly wearing the orange color and supporting the Dutch troops against the French.
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| 39 | 1809 | - 1809: King Lodewijk Napoleon Bonaparte visits Bredevoort.
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| 40 | 1811 | - 1811: With the introduction of the civil registration, all inhabitants are forced to chose a fixed family name. The practice of farm names is now officially abolished, although it is still in use informally today.
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| 41 | 1812 | - 1812: Many conscripted soldiers die during Napoleon's disastrous march to Moscow.
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| 42 | 1813 | - 1813: The Cossacks drive out the French occupiers.
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| 43 | 1818 | - 1818: The municipalities of Bredevoort and Aalten are combined into the new municipality of Aalten.
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| 44 | 1822 | - 1822: In the night of September 27, a fire in Winterswijk destroyed five houses, leaving 15 people homeless.
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| 45 | 1824 | - 1824: In Winterswijk, new taxes on slaughtering animals cause a riot.
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| 46 | 1827 | - 1827: Start of the division of the common grounds.
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Achterhoek Ancestors
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