Jacob Mouton, 1706–
- Name
- Jacob /Mouton/
- Given names
- Jacob
- Surname
- Mouton
| Baptism | April 25, 1706 (aged 0 days) Citation details: Mouton, p705, b9. |
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| Epidemic | Smallpox March 16, 1713 (aged 6 years)Source:
Note: Smallpox epidemic breaks out at the Cape Colony. |
| Death of a half-sister | Marie Mouton August 30, 1714 (aged 8 years) Cause: executed for the murder of her husband Citation details: Mouton, p704, b5. |
| Death of a father | Jacques Mouton 1731 (aged 24 years) Citation details: Mouton, p703, a1. |
| Marriage | Magdalena Keyser — View this family February 12, 1736 (aged 29 years) Citation details: Lubbe, p336, b12c1. Citation details: Mouton, p705, b9. |
| Historical Event | Census 1754 (aged 47 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 49 years)Source:
Note: Smallpox epidemic breaks out at Cape Colony. A total of 2,372 people die. |
| Marriage of a child | Andries Lubbe — Maria Magdalena Mouton — View this family February 8, 1756 (aged 49 years) Citation details: Lubbe, p336, b12c1. Citation details: Mouton, p705, b9c2. |
| Death of a mother | Francina Bevernagie 1757 (aged 50 years) Citation details: Mouton, p703, a1. |
| Birth of a granddaughter | Magdalena Jacoba Lubbe November 2, 1766 (aged 60 years) Citation details: van der Merwe, p572, b2c13d2e3. |
| Baptism of a granddaughter | Magdalena Jacoba Lubbe December 25, 1766 (aged 60 years) Citation details: Lubbe, p336, b12c1d5. |
| War | Britain declares war on the Netherlands December 20, 1780 (aged 74 years)Source:
Note: French troops arrive at the Cape Colony to guard it against the English. |
| Historical Event | Colonisation 1780 (aged 73 years)Source:
Note: The Fish River is made the eastern boundary of the Cape Colony. |
| Birth of a granddaughter | Magdalena Johanna de Klerk calculated 1784 (aged 77 years) Citation details: Deel 2, p72, b2c4d12. Citation details: Death notice: Magdalena Johanna THERON (1839), MOOC 6/9/16 #3525, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSQX-MTS1?mode=g&i=1636 image 1637/2253 : accessed 5 March 2017
Quality of data: secondary evidence |
| War | French troops depart the Cape 1784 (aged 77 years)Source:
Consequence of signing the Treaty of Paris (3 Sep 1783). |
| Marriage of a granddaughter | Petrus van der Merwe — Magdalena Jacoba Lubbe — View this family November 6, 1785 (aged 79 years) Citation details: van der Merwe, p572, b2c13d2e3. Citation details: Lubbe, p336, b12c1d5. |
| Baptism of a granddaughter | Magdalena Johanna de Klerk July 16, 1786 (aged 80 years) Citation details: Deel 2, p72, b2c4d12. |
| War | French Revolution from 1789 to 1799 (aged 92 years)Source:
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| Historical Event | Dutch East India Company goes bankrupt 1795 (aged 88 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 90 years)Source:
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| Marriage of a granddaughter | Jacobus Wouter Theron — Magdalena Johanna de Klerk — View this family August 22, 1802 (aged 96 years) Citation details: Deel 2, p72, b2c4d12. Citation details: Death notice: Magdalena Johanna THERON (1839), MOOC 6/9/16 #3525, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSQX-MTS1?mode=g&i=1636 image 1637/2253 : accessed 5 March 2017
Quality of data: secondary evidence |
| War | Napoleonic Wars from May 18, 1803 to November 20, 1815 (aged 109 years)Source:
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| Natural disaster | Drought 1809 (aged 102 years)Source:
Note: A severe drought occurs in the eastern frontier region. |
| Town founded | The settlement of Grahamstown is founded 1812 (aged 105 years)Source:
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| Town founded | Cradock is founded August 27, 1818 (aged 112 years)Source:
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| Historical Event | British settlers 1820 (aged 113 years)Source:
Note: 17 March - The first British settlers arrived in Table Bay, Cape Town on the Nautilus and the Chapma… 17 March - The first British settlers arrived in Table Bay, Cape Town on the Nautilus and the Chapman. 1 May - The Albury reaches Cape Town bringing settlers to Albany, South Africa. They arrive in Algoa Bay on 15 May. 2 May - La Belle Alliance reached Cape Town. She brought British settlers to Algoa Bay. 4000 British settlers started arriving in Algoa Bay (Port Elizabeth), they settled in Grahamstown and along the frontier. |
| Economic Event | British sterling adopted 1825 (aged 118 years)Source:
Note: Rix dollar (Dutch: Rijsksdaalder) is converted into the British sterling. |