Timeline: Joost Brethouwer

Achterhoek Ancestors

1691 -

	Date	Event(s)
1	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.
2	1698	1698: Dinxperlo gets its first school teacher: Heyne te Beest.
3	1704	1704: The Bredevoort fortifications are being enhanced according to the views of the famous fortification expert Menno van Coehoorn.
4	1711	1711: The Anabaptists build their own church in Winterswijk.
5	1715	1715: Lightning strikes the tower of the Winterswijk church. This causes a fire, which is quickly put out.
6	1723	1723: A fire destroys the neighboring town of Varsseveld.
7	1727	1727: Two 'contrescarps' (steep inclines) are added in front of the two gates of Bredevoort to further protect the town.
8	1730	1730: In Dinxperlo, sections of the common grounds are sold to clear debts with the Bredevoort administration.
9	1748	1748: The first complete registration of the population of the manor Bredevoort takes place.
10	1750	1750: A religious revival sweeps through Aalten.
11	1755	1755: The Bredevoort fortifications are decommissioned.
12	1759	1759: The Bredevoort garrison is decomissioned. New rules are introduced for the opening and closing of the town gates.
13	1763	1763: English troops pass through Bredevoort.
14	1765	1765: In Burlo, an agreement is reach about the border between Aalten, Dinxperlo and Winterswijk and the neighboring bishopric of Münster.
15	1775	1775: A new law is introduced for the serfs of the manor of Bredevoort. This law allows them more freedom.
16	1784	1784: An inspection shows the Bredevoort fortifications are in disarray. Plans to redevelop the fort are never executed.
17	1795	1795: With the French occupation, serfdom is abolished. All former serfs now own the farms they worked on.
18	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.