Achterhoek Ancestors

Jan Derk Abbink

Male 1733 - 1807  (~ 73 years)


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   Date  Event(s)
1748 
  • 1748: The first complete registration of the population of the manor Bredevoort takes place.
1750 
  • 1750: A religious revival sweeps through Aalten.
1755 
  • 1755: The Bredevoort fortifications are decommissioned.
1759 
  • 1759: The Bredevoort garrison is decomissioned. New rules are introduced for the opening and closing of the town gates.
1763 
  • 1763: English troops pass through Bredevoort.
1765 
  • 1765: In Burlo, an agreement is reach about the border between Aalten, Dinxperlo and Winterswijk and the neighboring bishopric of Münster.
1775 
  • 1775: A new law is introduced for the serfs of the manor of Bredevoort. This law allows them more freedom.
1784 
  • 1784: An inspection shows the Bredevoort fortifications are in disarray. Plans to redevelop the fort are never executed.
1795 
  • 1795: With the French occupation, serfdom is abolished. All former serfs now own the farms they worked on.
10 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.