Louis Jordaan, 1697–
- Name
- Louis /Jordaan/
- Given names
- Louis
- Surname
- Jordaan
| Baptism | July 15, 1697
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29 (aged 0 days) Citation details: Jordaan, p140, b3. |
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| Death of a father | Jean Jourdan before January 1699 (aged 1 year) Citation details: Jordaan, p134, a1. |
| Epidemic | Smallpox March 16, 1713 (aged 15 years)Source:
Note: Smallpox epidemic breaks out at the Cape Colony. |
| Marriage | Petronella van Staden — View this family April 11, 1728 (aged 30 years) Citation details: Jordaan, p140, b3. |
| Death of a mother | Isabeau le Long 1736 (aged 38 years) Citation details: Jordaan, p134, a1. |
| Marriage | Maria Guillaumet — View this family October 18, 1739 (aged 42 years) Citation details: Jordaan, p140, b3. |
| Historical Event | Census 1754 (aged 56 years)Source:
Note: A population count in the Cape shows that there were 5,510 Europeans and 6,279 slaves in the Cape Co… A population count in the Cape shows that there were 5,510 Europeans and 6,279 slaves in the Cape Colony. |
| Epidemic | Smallpox May 1, 1755 (aged 57 years)Source:
Note: Smallpox epidemic breaks out at Cape Colony. A total of 2,372 people die. |
| Marriage of a child | Johannes Krugel — Maria Claudina Jordaan — View this family July 25, 1762 (aged 65 years) Citation details: Krugel, p480, a2b4. Citation details: Jordaan, p143, b3c5. |
| Marriage of a child | Johannes Lodewyk Jordaan — Christina Johanna van Zyl — View this family October 13, 1765 (aged 68 years) Citation details: Jordaan, p140, b3c1. |
| Baptism of a grandson | Louis Jordaan August 10, 1766 (aged 69 years) Citation details: Jordaan, p140, b3c1d1. Source: CONRADIE Geslagsregister (2014) Citation details: [4571] c3d1. |
| Baptism of a granddaughter | Petronella Jordaan May 1, 1768 (aged 70 years) Citation details: Jordaan, p141, b3c1d2. |
| War | Britain declares war on the Netherlands December 20, 1780 (aged 83 years)Source:
Note: French troops arrive at the Cape Colony to guard it against the English. |
| Historical Event | Colonisation 1780 (aged 82 years)Source:
Note: The Fish River is made the eastern boundary of the Cape Colony. |
| Birth of a granddaughter | Anna Hendrina Krugel 1782 (aged 84 years) Citation details: van Heerden, p224, b1c1d4. |
| Baptism of a granddaughter | Anna Hendrina Krugel November 1, 1782 (aged 85 years) Citation details: Krugel, p481, a2b4c2d7. |
| Baptism of a granddaughter | Hester Susanna Jordaan March 16, 1783 (aged 85 years) Citation details: Jordaan, p143, b3c1d12. |
| War | French troops depart the Cape 1784 (aged 86 years)Source:
Consequence of signing the Treaty of Paris (3 Sep 1783). |
| Marriage of a grandson | Johannes Botha — Petronella Jordaan — View this family May 14, 1786 (aged 88 years) Citation details: Botha, p382, b5c9d1. Citation details: Jordaan, p141, b3c1d2. |
| Marriage of a grandson | Louis Jordaan — Rosa Hermina Conradie — View this family December 19, 1790 (aged 93 years) Citation details: Jordaan, p140, b3c1d1. Source: CONRADIE Geslagsregister (2014) Citation details: [4571] c3d1. |
| War | French Revolution from 1789 to 1799 (aged 101 years)Source:
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| Historical Event | Dutch East India Company goes bankrupt 1795 (aged 97 years)Source:
Note: The Dutch East India Company is in financial ruins. 29 January – Farmers expelled the officials of t… The Dutch East India Company is in financial ruins. 29 January – Farmers expelled the officials of the Dutch East India Company and established an independent government at Graaff Reinet. 18 June - Swellendam follows Graaff Reinet and declares a republic under Hermanus Steyn. The Netherlands is invaded by the French under the leadership of Napoléon Bonaparte. A republic is declared by Dutch revolutionaires and the Prince of Orange flees to England. 16 September – British forces under General Sir James Henry Craig seizes the Cape Colony for the Stadtholder Prince William V of Orange. The republics of Graaff Reinet and Swellendam reject the British and the British army is sent in. The start of free trade was announced. |
| Historical Event | The Cape becomes a British Colony March 5, 1797 (aged 99 years)Source:
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| Marriage of a grandson | Alewyn Petrus Burger — Hester Susanna Jordaan — View this family October 5, 1800 (aged 103 years) Citation details: Burger, p501, b2c1d5. Citation details: Jordaan, p143, b3c1d12. |
| Marriage of a granddaughter | Pieter Schalk van Heerden — Anna Hendrina Krugel — View this family October 18, 1801 (aged 104 years) Citation details: van Heerden, p224, b1c1d4. Citation details: Krugel, p481, a2b4c2d7. |
| Death of a granddaughter | Anna Hendrina Krugel 1808 (aged 110 years) Citation details: van Heerden, p224, b1c1d4. |
| War | Napoleonic Wars from May 18, 1803 to November 20, 1815 (aged 118 years)Source:
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| Natural disaster | Drought 1809 (aged 111 years)Source:
Note: A severe drought occurs in the eastern frontier region. |
| Town founded | The settlement of Grahamstown is founded 1812 (aged 114 years)Source:
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