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Personal data Peter de Wit 


Household of Peter de Wit

He is married to Adriana van Suntenmaartensdijk.

They got married on January 26, 1865, he was 24 years old.


Child(ren):

  1. Cornelia de Wit  1865-1911 
  2. Hubertus de Wit  1879-1960
  3. Wouter de Wit  1879-1936

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    Birthday October 1, 1840

    • The temperature on October 1, 1840 was about 16.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northwest. Weather type: omtrent betrokken winderig. Source: KNMI
    •  This page is only available in Dutch.
      De Republiek der Verenigde Nederlanden werd in 1794-1795 door de Fransen veroverd onder leiding van bevelhebber Charles Pichegru (geholpen door de Nederlander Herman Willem Daendels); de verovering werd vergemakkelijkt door het dichtvriezen van de Waterlinie; Willem V moest op 18 januari 1795 uitwijken naar Engeland (en van daaruit in 1801 naar Duitsland); de patriotten namen de macht over van de aristocratische regenten en proclameerden de Bataafsche Republiek; op 16 mei 1795 werd het Haags Verdrag gesloten, waarmee ons land een vazalstaat werd van Frankrijk; in 3.1796 kwam er een Nationale Vergadering; in 1798 pleegde Daendels een staatsgreep, die de unitarissen aan de macht bracht; er kwam een nieuwe grondwet, die een Vertegenwoordigend Lichaam (met een Eerste en Tweede Kamer) instelde en als regering een Directoire; in 1799 sloeg Daendels bij Castricum een Brits-Russische invasie af; in 1801 kwam er een nieuwe grondwet; bij de Vrede van Amiens (1802) kreeg ons land van Engeland zijn koloniën terug (behalve Ceylon); na de grondwetswijziging van 1805 kwam er een raadpensionaris als eenhoofdig gezag, namelijk Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck (van 31 oktober 1761 tot 25 maart 1825).
    • In the year 1840: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 2.9 million citizens.
      • January 13 » The steamship Lexington burns and sinks four miles off the coast of Long Island with the loss of 139 lives.
      • February 6 » Signing of the Treaty of Waitangi, establishing New Zealand as a British colony.
      • February 11 » Gaetano Donizetti's opera La fille du régiment receives its first performance in Paris, France.
      • May 1 » The Penny Black, the first official adhesive postage stamp, is issued in the United Kingdom.
      • May 6 » The Penny Black postage stamp becomes valid for use in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
      • October 7 » Willem II becomes King of the Netherlands.

    Day of marriage January 26, 1865

    • The temperature on January 26, 1865 was about -2.4 °C. There was 3 mm of rain. The air pressure was 1.5 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the east-northeast. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 96%. 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 February 1, 1862 to February 10, 1866 the cabinet Thorbecke II, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1865: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
      • February 8 » Delaware refuses to ratify the Thirteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. Slavery was outlawed in the United States, including Delaware, when the Amendment was ratified by the requisite number of states on December 6, 1865. Delaware ratified the Thirteenth Amendment on February 12, 1901, which was the ninety-second anniversary of the birth of Abraham Lincoln.
      • April 3 » American Civil War: Union forces capture Richmond, Virginia, the capital of the Confederate States of America.
      • April 15 » President Abraham Lincoln dies after being shot the previous evening by actor John Wilkes Booth. Vice President Andrew Johnson becomes President upon Lincoln's death.
      • May 13 » American Civil War: Battle of Palmito Ranch: In far south Texas, the last land battle of the Civil War ends with a Confederate victory.
      • May 17 » The International Telegraph Union (later the International Telecommunication Union) is established in Paris.
      • December 1 » Shaw University, the first historically black university in the southern United States, is founded in Raleigh, North Carolina.

    Day of death April 20, 1907

    • The temperature on April 20, 1907 was between -0.4 °C and 11.5 °C and averaged 6.0 °C. There was 8.2 hours of sunshine (58%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the 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 17, 1905 to February 11, 1908 the cabinet De Meester, with Mr. Th. de Meester (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1907: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 5.6 million citizens.
      • January 14 » An earthquake in Kingston, Jamaica kills more than 1,000 people.
      • September 7 » Cunard Line's RMSLusitania sets sail on her maiden voyage from Liverpool, England, to New York City.
      • October 21 » The 1907 Qaratog earthquake hits the borders of Uzbekistan and Tajikistan, killing between 12,000 and 15,000 people.
      • November 9 » The Cullinan Diamond is presented to King Edward VII on his birthday.
      • December 6 » A coal mine explosion at Monongah, West Virginia, kills 362 workers.
      • December 21 » The Chilean Army commits a massacre of at least 2,000 striking saltpeter miners in Iquique, Chile.
    

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