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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.
      • February 10 » Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom marries Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha.
      • February 11 » Gaetano Donizetti's opera La fille du régiment receives its first performance in Paris, France.
      • May 6 » The Penny Black postage stamp becomes valid for use in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
      • May 20 » York Minster is badly damaged by fire.
      • October 7 » Willem II becomes King of the Netherlands.
      • October 11 » The Maronite leader Bashir Shihab II surrenders to the Ottoman Empire and later is sent to Malta in exile.

    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.
      • January 2 » Uruguayan War: The Siege of Paysandú ends as the Brazilians and Coloradans capture Paysandú, Uruguay.
      • April 20 » Astronomer Angelo Secchi demonstrates the Secchi disk, which measures water clarity, aboard Pope Pius IX's yacht, the L'Immaculata Concezion.
      • May 17 » The International Telegraph Union (later the International Telecommunication Union) is established in Paris.
      • May 25 » In Mobile, Alabama, around 300 people are killed when an ordnance depot explodes.
      • July 27 » Welsh settlers arrive at Chubut in Argentina.
      • August 12 » Joseph Lister, British surgeon and scientist, performs 1st antiseptic surgery.

    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 6 » Maria Montessori opens her first school and daycare center for working class children in Rome, Italy.
      • July 29 » Sir Robert Baden-Powell sets up the Brownsea Island Scout camp in Poole Harbour on the south coast of England. The camp runs from August 1 to August 9 and is regarded as the foundation of the Scouting movement.
      • August 3 » Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis fines Standard Oil of Indiana a record $29.4million for illegal rebating to freight carriers; the conviction and fine are later reversed on appeal.
      • October 22 » A run on the stock of the Knickerbocker Trust Company sets events in motion that will spark the Panic of 1907.
      • November 9 » The Cullinan Diamond is presented to King Edward VII on his birthday.
      • December 11 » The New Zealand Parliament Buildings are almost completely destroyed by fire.
    

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