Timeline: Margareta ter Neet

Achterhoek Ancestors

1758 -

	Date	Event(s)
1	1665	1665: Münster bishop Bernard van Galen invades the Achterhoek area with a large army.
2	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.
3	1674	1674: A chapel of the cross (Kreuzkapelle) is establised just across the German border to allow Roman Catholics from Aalten to worship.
4	1682	1682: The Winterswijk weavers get permission to start their own weaver's guild.
5	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.
6	1698	1698: Dinxperlo gets its first school teacher: Heyne te Beest.
7	1704	1704: The Bredevoort fortifications are being enhanced according to the views of the famous fortification expert Menno van Coehoorn.
8	1711	1711: The Anabaptists build their own church in Winterswijk.
9	1715	1715: Lightning strikes the tower of the Winterswijk church. This causes a fire, which is quickly put out.
10	1723	1723: A fire destroys the neighboring town of Varsseveld.
11	1727	1727: Two 'contrescarps' (steep inclines) are added in front of the two gates of Bredevoort to further protect the town.
12	1730	1730: In Dinxperlo, sections of the common grounds are sold to clear debts with the Bredevoort administration.
13	1748	1748: The first complete registration of the population of the manor Bredevoort takes place.
14	1750	1750: A religious revival sweeps through Aalten.
15	1755	1755: The Bredevoort fortifications are decommissioned.
16	1759	1759: The Bredevoort garrison is decomissioned. New rules are introduced for the opening and closing of the town gates.
17	1763	1763: English troops pass through Bredevoort.
18	1765	1765: In Burlo, an agreement is reach about the border between Aalten, Dinxperlo and Winterswijk and the neighboring bishopric of Münster.
19	1775	1775: A new law is introduced for the serfs of the manor of Bredevoort. This law allows them more freedom.
20	1784	1784: An inspection shows the Bredevoort fortifications are in disarray. Plans to redevelop the fort are never executed.
21	1795	1795: With the French occupation, serfdom is abolished. All former serfs now own the farms they worked on.
22	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.
23	1809	1809: King Lodewijk Napoleon Bonaparte visits Bredevoort.
24	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.
25	1812	1812: Many conscripted soldiers die during Napoleon's disastrous march to Moscow.
26	1813	1813: The Cossacks drive out the French occupiers.
27	1818	1818: The municipalities of Bredevoort and Aalten are combined into the new municipality of Aalten.
28	1822	1822: In the night of September 27, a fire in Winterswijk destroyed five houses, leaving 15 people homeless.
29	1824	1824: In Winterswijk, new taxes on slaughtering animals cause a riot.
30	1827	1827: Start of the division of the common grounds.
31	1834	1834: The Winterswijk church gets a new organ by the famous organ builder Naber.
32	1835	1835: Jan Willem Meijerink starts the first textile factory on the Lappenbrink in Winterswijk.
33	1844	1844: The first emigrants leave Winterswijk and Aalten for North-America.
34	1845	1845: Winterswijk Seceders get their own church at the Zonnebrink.
35	1847	1847: On Lake Michigan in the US, the ship 'Phoenix' perishes. On board were 250 emigrants, mostly from Winterswijk, Aalten and Varsseveld.
36	1856	1856: The emigrant vessel Ocean Home perishes in the English Channel off Lizard Point. 70 people drown, including several emigrants from Dinxperlo.