Timeline: Theodora Lucia Lebbink

Achterhoek Ancestors

1712 -

	Date	Event(s)
1	1715	1715: Lightning strikes the tower of the Winterswijk church. This causes a fire, which is quickly put out.
2	1723	1723: A fire destroys the neighboring town of Varsseveld.
3	1727	1727: Two 'contrescarps' (steep inclines) are added in front of the two gates of Bredevoort to further protect the town.
4	1730	1730: In Dinxperlo, sections of the common grounds are sold to clear debts with the Bredevoort administration.
5	1748	1748: The first complete registration of the population of the manor Bredevoort takes place.
6	1750	1750: A religious revival sweeps through Aalten.
7	1755	1755: The Bredevoort fortifications are decommissioned.
8	1759	1759: The Bredevoort garrison is decomissioned. New rules are introduced for the opening and closing of the town gates.
9	1763	1763: English troops pass through Bredevoort.
10	1765	1765: In Burlo, an agreement is reach about the border between Aalten, Dinxperlo and Winterswijk and the neighboring bishopric of Münster.
11	1775	1775: A new law is introduced for the serfs of the manor of Bredevoort. This law allows them more freedom.
12	1784	1784: An inspection shows the Bredevoort fortifications are in disarray. Plans to redevelop the fort are never executed.
13	1795	1795: With the French occupation, serfdom is abolished. All former serfs now own the farms they worked on.
14	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.
15	1809	1809: King Lodewijk Napoleon Bonaparte visits Bredevoort.
16	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.
17	1812	1812: Many conscripted soldiers die during Napoleon's disastrous march to Moscow.
18	1813	1813: The Cossacks drive out the French occupiers.
19	1818	1818: The municipalities of Bredevoort and Aalten are combined into the new municipality of Aalten.
20	1822	1822: In the night of September 27, a fire in Winterswijk destroyed five houses, leaving 15 people homeless.
21	1824	1824: In Winterswijk, new taxes on slaughtering animals cause a riot.
22	1827	1827: Start of the division of the common grounds.
23	1834	1834: The Winterswijk church gets a new organ by the famous organ builder Naber.
24	1835	1835: Jan Willem Meijerink starts the first textile factory on the Lappenbrink in Winterswijk.
25	1844	1844: The first emigrants leave Winterswijk and Aalten for North-America.
26	1845	1845: Winterswijk Seceders get their own church at the Zonnebrink.
27	1847	1847: On Lake Michigan in the US, the ship 'Phoenix' perishes. On board were 250 emigrants, mostly from Winterswijk, Aalten and Varsseveld.
28	1856	1856: The emigrant vessel Ocean Home perishes in the English Channel off Lizard Point. 70 people drown, including several emigrants from Dinxperlo.
29	1880	1880: The railroad from Winterswijk to Bocholt in Germany is opened. 1880: Piet Mondriaan, then 8 years old, moves to Winterswijk and grows up there. He would later become a famous painter.
30	1884	1884: The railroad from Winterswijk to Neede is opened.
31	1885	1885: The railroad from Winterswijk to Zevenaar, including stations at Bredevoort, Aalten and Varsseveld, was opened.
32	1890	1890: An ancient cannon has been found in Bredevoort. When this is fired during a celebration, it explodes killing two children. 1890: An horse-drawn omnibus starts a regular service between Dinxperlo and Terborg. Each trip could take 10 people and 250 kg of cargo.
33	1891	1891: Dinxperlo gets its own department of the 'Geldersch-Overijsselse Maatschappij van Landbouw', a society to improve agriculture techniques.
34	1896	1896: A dairy processor is opened in Dinxperlo.
35	1902	1902: A cooperative bank is established in Dinxperlo.
36	1903	1903: About 2/3 of the workers are involved in a railroad strike in Winterswijk to improve working conditions and wages.
37	1908	1908: The hamlet of De Heurne near Dinxperlo gets their own church.
38	1911	1911: The smallest church in the Netherlands, de Rietstap, is built in Dinxperlo. The owner had inherited money on the provision he would build a church.
39	1914	1914: As a result of the 'great war', traffic ceases to flow between the Achterhoek and Germany. 1914: For the first time, an aircraft is spotted in the sky above Dinxperlo.
40	1922	1922: Salt is found when drilling for natural resources in Winterswijk.
41	1927	1927: Rev. Stegeman from Aalten holds a speech in Amsterdam, which is transmitted by radio. In Aalten, tickets are sold to hear the show for 15 cents.