1815 Battle of Waterloo, Napoleon defeat 1830 French Revolution 1837 Queen Victoria assumes throne 1854 Crimean War with Russia 1869 Opening of Suez Canal

1789 Geo. Washington 1st USA president 1789 French Revolution begins 1798 Irish revolt against English rule 1804 Napoleon becomes French Emperor 1805 Battle of Trafalgar, Nelson killed

1712 Religious warfare in Switzerland 1740 War of Austrian Succession begins 1762 Catherine II becomes Czarina/Russia 1770 Cook discovers New South Wales 1776 America declares independence

			Geurt van Velzen  b.          Woudenberg, Netherlands  d.
	Marretje van Velzen  b.1775 Maartensdijk, Netherlands  d.1847 Maartensdijk, Netherlands
				Jan Meertens Lodder  b.1715 Darthuizen, Netherlands  d.
			Jannetje Lodder  b.1738 Maartensdijk, Netherlands  d.1814 Maartensdijk, Netherlands
				Marretje Roelen  b.1715 Maartensdijk, Netherlands  d.

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