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| 1 | 1626 | - 1626: Around 1626, Hendrickje Stoffels is born in Bredevoort. She would later become the mistress and model of the famous painter Rembrandt van Rijn.
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| 2 | 1627 | - 1627: The nearby town of Groenlo is conquered by the Dutch Republican troops and remains Dutch thereafter.
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| 3 | 1636 | - 1636: The plague strikes the area. Several people die of this 'black death'.
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| 4 | 1646 | - 1646: Lightning strikes the gunpowder tower of the Bredevoort castle. The entire castle and several houses in the vicinity are destroyed. Several people, including the sheriff, are killed.
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| 5 | 1648 | - 1648: All the church bells ring in celebration of the peace of Münster, which ends the Dutch War of Independence.
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| 6 | 1665 | - 1665: Münster bishop Bernard van Galen invades the Achterhoek area with a large army.
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| 7 | 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.
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| 8 | 1674 | - 1674: A chapel of the cross (Kreuzkapelle) is establised just across the German border to allow Roman Catholics from Aalten to worship.
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| 9 | 1682 | - 1682: The Winterswijk weavers get permission to start their own weaver's guild.
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| 10 | 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.
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| 11 | 1698 | - 1698: Dinxperlo gets its first school teacher: Heyne te Beest.
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| 12 | 1704 | - 1704: The Bredevoort fortifications are being enhanced according to the views of the famous fortification expert Menno van Coehoorn.
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| 13 | 1711 | - 1711: The Anabaptists build their own church in Winterswijk.
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| 14 | 1715 | - 1715: Lightning strikes the tower of the Winterswijk church. This causes a fire, which is quickly put out.
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| 15 | 1723 | - 1723: A fire destroys the neighboring town of Varsseveld.
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| 16 | 1727 | - 1727: Two 'contrescarps' (steep inclines) are added in front of the two gates of Bredevoort to further protect the town.
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| 17 | 1730 | - 1730: In Dinxperlo, sections of the common grounds are sold to clear debts with the Bredevoort administration.
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Achterhoek Ancestors
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