Jan Klaaszn Plug

 

Born: 10 May 1789

Noordwijk aan Zee, Zuid Holland, NETHERLANDS


Married: Leuntje Waasdorp - 29 Aug 1811

Noordwijk aan Zee, Zuid Holland, NETHERLANDS

    

Children:

     Pieter Plug (b. 1814)

    *Cornelis Plug (b. 1816  d.1884)

    Dirk Plug (b. 1818  d. 1869)

    Cornelia Plug (b. 1821)

    Nikolaas (Klaas) Plug (b. 1824  d. 1907)

    Pertonella Plug (b. 1827  d. 1856)

    

Died: 29 August 1831, at Sea


Zeeman (Sailor)


Parents:

  1. -Klaas Korneliszn Plug (b.1765  d.1797)

  2. -Jaapje vanden Oever (b.1763 d.1826)

Historical Context:

  1. -1789: French Revolution

  2. -1791: Brandenburg Gate (Berlin) is completed

  3. -1792: Capt Vancouver sails the west coast of North America (SF Bay and Vancouver)

  4. -1794: Napoleon’s troops capture Maastricht

  5. -1795: Willem V flees to England and the Dutch Republic falls (to France)

  6. -1800: Population figures:

    ..World - estimated at 900 M

    ..Europe - estimated at 132 M

    ..Netherlands - estimated at 2 M

  1. -1801: Napoleon imposes new constitution on The Netherlands

  2. -1801: London Stock Exchange is formed

  3. -1811: Civil record keeping begins

  4. -1812: War of 1812 (North America)

  5. -1812: Napoleon retreats from Moscow (inspiring the 1812 Overture/Tchaikovsky)

  6. -1813: Hendrik Lindhout (b 1792) of Noordwijk, conscripted into Napoleon’s army, dies in Koniggratz Bohemia.

  7. -1813: Willem I lands at Scheveningen

    The Kingdom of the Netherlands formed

  1. -1814: White House (Washington) is burned by British and Canadian forces.

  2. -1815: Napoleon is defeated at Waterloo

  3. -1815: Willem I proclaimed King

  4. -1816: Year without a Summer (due to 1815 volcanic eruption of Mount Tambora)

  5. -1816: Argentina declares independence (Spain)

  6. -1819: First steam propelled vessel crosses the Atlantic Ocean

  7. -1822: Brazil declares its independence from Portugal

  8. -1824: Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony

  9. -1825 February: Great Flood; 800 people die in Gronigen, Friesland and Overijssel

Bomschuiten op het strand

Noordwijk op Zee