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SCHOE(N)MAKER, Hendrika

Female 1820 - 1835  (14 years)


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   Date  Event(s)
1 1821 
  • May 1821: Emperor Napoléon I dies in exile on Saint Helena of arsenic poisoning.
2 1822 
  • 1822: The last public whipping is carried out in Edinburgh
  • 1822: Britain repeals the death penalty for over 100 crimes
3 1823 
  • 1823: Joseph Smith, Jr. says that he was directed by God through the angel Moroni to the place where the Golden plates are stored. He was the founder of the Latter Day Saint movement, also known as Mormonism.
4 1824 
  • 1824: The name Australia, recommended by Matthew Flinders in 1804, is finally adopted as the official name of the country once known as New Holland.
5 1825 
  • 1825: The first horse-drawn omnibuses established in London.
  • 1825: The City of Brisbane is founded.
6 1826 
  • 1826: University College London is founded, under the name University of London.
7 1827 
  • 1827: Englishman John Walker invents the first friction match which he names Lucifer
  • 2 Mar 1827: Jan Nijhuis(Niehuis) passes away in Borne, Overijssel, Nederland.
8 1828 
  • 8 May 1828: Jean Henri Dunant, Swiss founder of the Red Cross, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (d. 1910)
9 1829 
  • 1829: The Swan River Colony (later to become the cities of Perth and Fremantle) is founded in Western Australia. This secures the western 'third' of the Australian landmass for the British.
10 1830 
  • 1830: The independence of Belgium is recognized by the Great Powers
11 1831 
  • 1831: Charles Darwin embarks on his historic journey aboard the HMS Beagle.
12 1832 
  • 1832: The Treaty of London creates an independent Kingdom of Greece. Otto of Wittelsbach, Prince of Bavaria is chosen King. Thus begins the History of modern Greece.
13 1833 
  • 1833: The British Parliament passes the Slavery Abolition Act, giving all slaves in the British Empire their freedom (enacted 1834).
14 1834 
  • 1834: The South Australia Act allows for the creation of a colony there.
  • 1834: The Sixth Xhosa War is characterized by severe clashes between white settlers and Bantu peoples in Cape Colony; Dutch speaking settlers colonize the area north of Orange River.
  • 20 Feb 1834: Hermina Nijhuis passes away in Borne, Overijssel, Nederland.
15 1835 
  • 1835: Staedtler Company was founded by J.S. Staedtler in Nuremburg, Germany.
  • Jun 1835: The Australian city of Melbourne is founded by John Batman and John Pascoe Fawkner
  • 2 Jul 1835: Johannes Nijhuis is born in Borne, Overijssel, Nederland.


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