Timeline: Wander Ansink

Achterhoek Ancestors

1785 -

	Date	Event(s)
1	1711	1711: The Anabaptists build their own church in Winterswijk.
2	1715	1715: Lightning strikes the tower of the Winterswijk church. This causes a fire, which is quickly put out.
3	1723	1723: A fire destroys the neighboring town of Varsseveld.
4	1727	1727: Two 'contrescarps' (steep inclines) are added in front of the two gates of Bredevoort to further protect the town.
5	1730	1730: In Dinxperlo, sections of the common grounds are sold to clear debts with the Bredevoort administration.
6	1748	1748: The first complete registration of the population of the manor Bredevoort takes place.
7	1750	1750: A religious revival sweeps through Aalten.
8	1755	1755: The Bredevoort fortifications are decommissioned.
9	1759	1759: The Bredevoort garrison is decomissioned. New rules are introduced for the opening and closing of the town gates.
10	1763	1763: English troops pass through Bredevoort.
11	1765	1765: In Burlo, an agreement is reach about the border between Aalten, Dinxperlo and Winterswijk and the neighboring bishopric of Münster.
12	1775	1775: A new law is introduced for the serfs of the manor of Bredevoort. This law allows them more freedom.
13	1784	1784: An inspection shows the Bredevoort fortifications are in disarray. Plans to redevelop the fort are never executed.
14	1795	1795: With the French occupation, serfdom is abolished. All former serfs now own the farms they worked on.
15	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.
16	1809	1809: King Lodewijk Napoleon Bonaparte visits Bredevoort.
17	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.
18	1812	1812: Many conscripted soldiers die during Napoleon's disastrous march to Moscow.
19	1813	1813: The Cossacks drive out the French occupiers.
20	1818	1818: The municipalities of Bredevoort and Aalten are combined into the new municipality of Aalten.
21	1822	1822: In the night of September 27, a fire in Winterswijk destroyed five houses, leaving 15 people homeless.
22	1824	1824: In Winterswijk, new taxes on slaughtering animals cause a riot.
23	1827	1827: Start of the division of the common grounds.
24	1834	1834: The Winterswijk church gets a new organ by the famous organ builder Naber.
25	1835	1835: Jan Willem Meijerink starts the first textile factory on the Lappenbrink in Winterswijk.
26	1844	1844: The first emigrants leave Winterswijk and Aalten for North-America.
27	1845	1845: Winterswijk Seceders get their own church at the Zonnebrink.
28	1847	1847: On Lake Michigan in the US, the ship 'Phoenix' perishes. On board were 250 emigrants, mostly from Winterswijk, Aalten and Varsseveld.
29	1856	1856: The emigrant vessel Ocean Home perishes in the English Channel off Lizard Point. 70 people drown, including several emigrants from Dinxperlo.
30	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.
31	1884	1884: The railroad from Winterswijk to Neede is opened.
32	1885	1885: The railroad from Winterswijk to Zevenaar, including stations at Bredevoort, Aalten and Varsseveld, was opened.
33	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.
34	1891	1891: Dinxperlo gets its own department of the 'Geldersch-Overijsselse Maatschappij van Landbouw', a society to improve agriculture techniques.