Philippus Cordier, 1698–
- Name
- Philippus /Cordier/
- Given names
- Philippus
- Surname
- Cordier
| Baptism | October 26, 1698 (aged 0 days) Citation details: Cordier, p661, b8. |
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| Marriage | Elizabeth Malherbe — View this family Yes Citation details: Cordier, p661, b8. |
| Death of a mother | Francoise Martinet 1702 (aged 3 years) Citation details: Cordier, p661, Louis Cordier. |
| Epidemic | Smallpox March 16, 1713 (aged 14 years)Source:
Note: Smallpox epidemic breaks out at the Cape Colony. |
| Death of a sister | Susanna Cordier about 1715 (aged 16 years) Citation details: Fourie, p335, a1. Citation details: Cordier, p661, b1. |
| Marriage of a child | Johannes Casparus Koen — Maria Cordier — View this family September 22, 1748 (aged 49 years) Citation details: Steyn, p216, a2b2c3d11. Citation details: Cordier, p662, b8c6. |
| Historical Event | Census 1754 (aged 55 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 56 years)Source:
Note: Smallpox epidemic breaks out at Cape Colony. A total of 2,372 people die. |
| Baptism of a granddaughter | Dorothea Elisabeth Koen August 3, 1760 (aged 61 years) Citation details: Steyn, p216, a2b2c3d11. |
| Death of a sister | Louisa Cordier November 22, 1774 (aged 76 years) Citation details: Pienaar, p14, b2. |
| War | Britain declares war on the Netherlands December 20, 1780 (aged 82 years)Source:
Note: French troops arrive at the Cape Colony to guard it against the English. |
| Historical Event | Colonisation 1780 (aged 81 years)Source:
Note: The Fish River is made the eastern boundary of the Cape Colony. |
| Marriage of a granddaughter | Daniël Steyn — Dorothea Elisabeth Koen — View this family June 30, 1782 (aged 83 years) Citation details: Steyn, p216, a2b2c3d11. |
| Death of a wife | Elizabeth Malherbe March 1783 (aged 84 years) Citation details: Cordier, p661, b8. |
| War | French troops depart the Cape 1784 (aged 85 years)Source:
Consequence of signing the Treaty of Paris (3 Sep 1783). |
| War | French Revolution from 1789 to 1799 (aged 100 years)Source:
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| Historical Event | Dutch East India Company goes bankrupt 1795 (aged 96 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 98 years)Source:
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| War | Napoleonic Wars from May 18, 1803 to November 20, 1815 (aged 117 years)Source:
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| Natural disaster | Drought 1809 (aged 110 years)Source:
Note: A severe drought occurs in the eastern frontier region. |
| Town founded | The settlement of Grahamstown is founded 1812 (aged 113 years)Source:
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