Timeline: Berend Willem Kots

Achterhoek Ancestors

1815 - 1896 (80 years)

	Date	Event(s)
1	1856	1856: The emigrant vessel Ocean Home perishes in the English Channel off Lizard Point. 70 people drown, including several emigrants from Dinxperlo.
2	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.
3	1884	1884: The railroad from Winterswijk to Neede is opened.
4	1885	1885: The railroad from Winterswijk to Zevenaar, including stations at Bredevoort, Aalten and Varsseveld, was opened.
5	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.
6	1891	1891: Dinxperlo gets its own department of the 'Geldersch-Overijsselse Maatschappij van Landbouw', a society to improve agriculture techniques.
7	1896	1896: A dairy processor is opened in Dinxperlo.
8	1902	1902: A cooperative bank is established in Dinxperlo.
9	1903	1903: About 2/3 of the workers are involved in a railroad strike in Winterswijk to improve working conditions and wages.
10	1908	1908: The hamlet of De Heurne near Dinxperlo gets their own church.
11	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.
12	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.
13	1922	1922: Salt is found when drilling for natural resources in Winterswijk.
14	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.