Buitekant & Scheffer Family Tree » David Blitz (1862-1940)
Personal data David Blitz
Sources 1, 2- He was born on December 6, 1862 in Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands.Source 1
- He died on March 28, 1940 in Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands, he was 77 years old.Source 1
- A child of Marcus Blitz and Grietje Salomon Mol
Household of David Blitz
He is married to Rachel de Jong.
They got married on May 12, 1886 at Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands, he was 23 years old.
Child(ren):
- Grietje Blitz 1887-1943
- Sara Blitz 1896-1943
- Abraham Blitz 1895-1942
Notes about David Blitz
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Bruidegom:David BlitzGeboorteplaats:AmsterdamLeeftijd:23Beroep:diamantslijperBruid:Rachel de JongGeboorteplaats:AmsterdamLeeftijd:21Vader van de bruidegom:Marcus BlitzBeroep:veedrijverMoeder van de bruidegom:Grietje Salomon MolVader van de bruid:Salomon Samuel de JongBeroep:venterMoeder van de bruid:Sara HeigmansGebeurtenis:HuwelijkDatum:woensdag 12 mei 1886Gebeurtenisplaats:AmsterdamDocumenttype:BS HuwelijkErfgoedinstelling:Noord-Hollands ArchiefPlaats instelling:HaarlemCollectiegebied:Noord-HollandAktenummer:Reg.10 fol. 21vRegistratiedatum:12 mei 1886Akteplaats:Amsterdam
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Historical events
Birthday December 6, 1862
- The temperature on December 6, 1862 was about 9.2 °C. There was 1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 7.5 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 93%. Source: KNMI
- Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
- From March 14, 1861 till January 31, 1862 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt - Loudon with the prime ministers Mr. J.P.P. baron Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. J. Loudon (liberaal).
- In The Netherlands , there was from February 1, 1862 to February 10, 1866 the cabinet Thorbecke II, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
- In the year 1862: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
- May 5 » Cinco de Mayo: Troops led by Ignacio Zaragoza halt a French invasion in the Battle of Puebla in Mexico.
- May 15 » President Abraham Lincoln signs a bill into law creating the United States Bureau of Agriculture. It is later renamed the United States Department of Agriculture.
- July 16 » American Civil War: David Farragut is promoted to rear admiral, becoming the first officer in United States Navy to hold an admiral rank.
- September 14 » American Civil War: The Battle of South Mountain, part of the Maryland Campaign, is fought.
- November 7 » American Civil War: Union General Ambrose Burnside was assigned to command the Army of the Potomac in Antietam, Maryland. After Union General George B. McClellan refused to pursue Confederate General Robert E. Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia after their retreat from the Battle of Antietam.
- December 31 » American Civil War: Abraham Lincoln signs an act that admits West Virginia to the Union, thus dividing Virginia in two.
Day of marriage May 12, 1886
- The temperature on May 12, 1886 was about 6.5 °C. There was 2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the east-northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 88%. Source: KNMI
- Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
- In The Netherlands , there was from April 23, 1884 to April 21, 1888 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) as prime minister.
- In the year 1886: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
- January 18 » Modern field hockey is born with the formation of The Hockey Association in England.
- March 29 » John Pemberton brews the first batch of Coca-Cola in a backyard in Atlanta.
- May 4 » Haymarket affair: A bomb is thrown at policemen trying to break up a labor rally in Chicago, United States, killing eight and wounding 60. The police fire into the crowd.
- May 8 » Pharmacist John Pemberton first sells a carbonated beverage named "Coca-Cola" as a patent medicine.
- May 29 » The pharmacist John Pemberton places his first advertisement for Coca-Cola, which appeared in The Atlanta Journal.
- June 10 » Mount Tarawera in New Zealand erupts, killing 153 people and burying the famous Pink and White Terraces. Eruptions continue for three months creating a large, 17km long fissure across the mountain peak.
Day of death March 28, 1940
- The temperature on March 28, 1940 was between -1.2 °C and 5.8 °C and averaged 2.0 °C. There was 1.8 mm of rain during 1.3 hours. There was 4.4 hours of sunshine (35%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. Source: KNMI
- Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
- In The Netherlands , there was from August 10, 1939 to September 3, 1940 the cabinet De Geer II, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
- In The Netherlands , there was from September 3, 1940 to July 27, 1941 the cabinet Gerbrandy I, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
- In the year 1940: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 8.8 million citizens.
- February 29 » 12th Academy Awards: For her performance as "Mammy" in Gone with the Wind, Hattie McDaniel becomes the first African American to win an Academy Award.
- April 23 » The Rhythm Club fire at a dance hall in Natchez, Mississippi, kills 198 people.
- June 7 » King Haakon VII, Crown Prince Olav and the Norwegian government leave Tromsø and go into exile in London. They return exactly five years later.
- July 19 » World War II: Army order 112 forms the Intelligence Corps of the British Army.
- October 7 » World War II: The McCollum memo proposes bringing the United States into the war in Europe by provoking the Japanese to attack the United States.
- November 23 » World War II: Romania becomes a signatory of the Tripartite Pact, officially joining the Axis powers.
Same birth/death day
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- 1941 » Virginia Woolf, English novelist, essayist, short story writer, and critic (b. 1882)
- 1942 » Miguel Hernández, Spanish poet and playwright (b. 1910)
- 1943 » Sergei Rachmaninoff, Russian pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1873)
- 1944 » Stephen Leacock, English-Canadian political scientist and author (b. 1869)
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