Sliedrecht

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Sliedrecht (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈsli.drɛxt] (listen)) is a town and municipality in the western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland. The municipality covers an area of 14.01 km² (5.41 sq mi) of which 1.17 km² (0.45 sq mi) is covered by water.

Sliedrecht is known for the many large dredging companies (including Boskalis and IHC Merwede) that come from it. The Dredging Festival takes place in Sliedrecht every two years. The first IKEA store in the Netherlands opened in Sliedrecht in 1978, but it closed in 2006. Sliedrecht is also the site of the Nationaal Baggermuseum (National Dredging Museum) - featuring dredging and salvage.

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• Birth of Sijmon Herbertzoon Van der Vlies
  October 31, 1705
• Birth of Pieter Gerrits Both
  March 27, 1707
• Birth of Pieter Janzoon De Jager
  July 9, 1719
• Birth of Neeltje Visser
  December 20, 1722
• Birth of Jan Van der Vlies
  December 14, 1729
• Birth of Jacob Roskam
  April 15, 1731
• Birth of Annigje Abramse Van Rees
  November 29, 1739
• Marriage of Klaas Dirkszoon Bilkers, Teuntje Paulusdochter Van der Esch
  April 30, 1751
• Death of Lijntje Gijsberts Van den Brande
  June 10, 1752
• Birth of Hilligje Pieters Both
  sometime before July 29, 1755
• Marriage of Hilligje Pieters Both, Jan Van der Vlies
  July 29, 1755
• Birth of Arie De Jager
  January 2, 1758
• Birth of Jacob Van der Vlies
  August 9, 1761
• Marriage of Barber Muijen, Jacob Roskam
  June 19, 1763
• Birth of Marigie Roskam
  November 6, 1766
• Marriage of Antonie Pieters Benders, Annigje Abramse Van Rees
  April 22, 1769
• Birth of Barbara Benders
  March 22, 1770
• Death of Pieter Gerrits Both
  May 8, 1775
• Marriage of Barbara Benders, Jacob Van der Vlies
  April 13, 1789
• Marriage of Paulus Bilkers, Marigie Roskam
  June 18, 1793
• Death of Jan Van der Vlies
  June 8, 1795
• Birth of Hilligje Van der Vlies
  August 31, 1795
• Death of Antonie Pieters Benders
  December 20, 1797
• Birth of Cornelis De Jager
  October 17, 1798
• Death of Arie De Jager
  September 7, 1807
• Death of Hilligje Pieters Both
  November 11, 1810
• Marriage of Cornelis De Jager, Hilligje Van der Vlies
  October 26, 1822
• Marriage of Barbara Bilkers, Dirk Van Wijngaarden
  March 6, 1828
• Death of Jacob Van der Vlies
  December 18, 1832
• Birth of Poulus Van Wijngaarden
  October 19, 1833
• Birth of Jannigje De Jager
  March 23, 1837
• Death of Barbara Benders
  August 28, 1852
• Death of Dirk Van Wijngaarden
  October 27, 1853
• Marriage of Jannigje De Jager, Poulus Van Wijngaarden
  December 10, 1859
• Birth of Dirk Van Wijngaarden
  February 4, 1861
• Death of Dirk Van Wijngaarden
  February 6, 1861
• Death of Hilligje Van der Vlies
  May 11, 1862
• Birth of Hilligje Van Wijngaarden
  July 19, 1862
• Birth of Cornelia Van Wijngaarden
  September 29, 1865
• Birth of Jannigje Van Wijngaarden
  March 16, 1868
• Death of Jannigje Van Wijngaarden
  June 2, 1869
• Birth of Jannigje Van Wijngaarden
  May 12, 1870
• Birth of Dirksje Van Wijngaarden
  October 31, 1872
• Birth of Poulina Martina Van Wijngaarden
  June 25, 1875
• Birth of Barbara Van Wijngaarden
  October 23, 1877
• Death of Barbara Bilkers
  April 2, 1884

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