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| 1 | 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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| 2 | 1784 | - 1784: An inspection shows the Bredevoort fortifications are in disarray. Plans to redevelop the fort are never executed.
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| 3 | 1795 | - 1795: With the French occupation, serfdom is abolished. All former serfs now own the farms they worked on.
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| 4 | 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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| 5 | 1809 | - 1809: King Lodewijk Napoleon Bonaparte visits Bredevoort.
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| 6 | 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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| 7 | 1812 | - 1812: Many conscripted soldiers die during Napoleon's disastrous march to Moscow.
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| 8 | 1813 | - 1813: The Cossacks drive out the French occupiers.
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| 9 | 1818 | - 1818: The municipalities of Bredevoort and Aalten are combined into the new municipality of Aalten.
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| 10 | 1822 | - 1822: In the night of September 27, a fire in Winterswijk destroyed five houses, leaving 15 people homeless.
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| 11 | 1824 | - 1824: In Winterswijk, new taxes on slaughtering animals cause a riot.
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| 12 | 1827 | - 1827: Start of the division of the common grounds.
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| 13 | 1834 | - 1834: The Winterswijk church gets a new organ by the famous organ builder Naber.
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| 14 | 1835 | - 1835: Jan Willem Meijerink starts the first textile factory on the Lappenbrink in Winterswijk.
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| 15 | 1844 | - 1844: The first emigrants leave Winterswijk and Aalten for North-America.
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| 16 | 1845 | - 1845: Winterswijk Seceders get their own church at the Zonnebrink.
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| 17 | 1847 | - 1847: On Lake Michigan in the US, the ship 'Phoenix' perishes. On board were 250 emigrants, mostly from Winterswijk, Aalten and Varsseveld.
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| 18 | 1856 | - 1856: The emigrant vessel Ocean Home perishes in the English Channel off Lizard Point. 70 people drown, including several emigrants from Dinxperlo.
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| 19 | 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.
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Achterhoek Ancestors
1772 -