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Personal data Johannes Cornelis Witkam 


Household of Johannes Cornelis Witkam

He is married to Anna Adriana Siebel.

They got married on November 21, 1888 at Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland, he was 23 years old.Source 1


Child(ren):

  1. Johanna Maria Witkam  1888-???? 
  2. Aart Witkam  1890-1890
  3. Anna Adriana Witkam  1891-1891
  4. Christiaan Witkam  1892-1943 
  6. Aart Witkam  1896-1896
  7. Jacobus Witkam  1897-1898
  8. Anna Adriana Witkam  1899-???? 
  9. Adriana Helena Witkam  1901-1926 

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Birthday July 9, 1865

  • The temperature on July 9, 1865 was about 22.1 °C. The air pressure was 14 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 53%. 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 14 » U.S. President Abraham Lincoln is shot in Ford's Theatre by John Wilkes Booth; Lincoln died the next day.
    • April 26 » American Civil War: Confederate General Joseph E. Johnston surrenders his army to General William Tecumseh Sherman at the Bennett Place near Durham, North Carolina. Also the date of Confederate Memorial Day for two states.
    • April 26 » Union cavalry troopers corner and shoot dead John Wilkes Booth, assassin of President Abraham Lincoln, in Virginia.
    • August 12 » Joseph Lister, British surgeon and scientist, performs 1st antiseptic surgery.
    • December 1 » Shaw University, the first historically black university in the southern United States, is founded in Raleigh, North Carolina.

Day of marriage November 21, 1888

  • The temperature on November 21, 1888 was about 6.3 °C. There was 1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 38 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 78%. 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 Netherlands , there was from April 21, 1888 to August 21, 1891 the cabinet Mackay, with Mr. A. baron Mackay (AR) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1888: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
    • March 23 » In England, The Football League, the world's oldest professional association football league, meets for the first time.
    • May 13 » With the passage of the Lei Áurea ("Golden Law"), Empire of Brazil abolishes slavery.
    • August 21 » The first successful adding machine in the United States is patented by William Seward Burroughs.
    • September 8 » In England, the first six Football League matches are played.
    • September 22 » The first issue of National Geographic Magazine is published.
    • October 14 » Louis Le Prince films the first motion picture, Roundhay Garden Scene.

Day of death December 1, 1947

  • The temperature on December 1, 1947 was between -2.4 °C and 2.6 °C and averaged 0.5 °C. There was 0.6 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. 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 July 3, 1946 to August 7, 1948 the cabinet Beel I, with Dr. L.J.M. Beel (KVP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1947: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 9.5 million citizens.
    • April 6 » The first Tony Awards are presented for theatrical achievement.
    • July 6 » The AK-47 goes into production in the Soviet Union.
    • August 15 » Founder of Pakistan, Muhammad Ali Jinnah is sworn in as first Governor-General of Pakistan in Karachi.
    • August 17 » The Radcliffe Line, the border between the Dominions of India and Pakistan, is revealed.
    • November 2 » In California, designer Howard Hughes performs the maiden (and only) flight of the Hughes H-4 Hercules (also known as the "Spruce Goose"), the largest fixed-wing aircraft ever built.
    • December 30 » Cold War: King Michael I of Romania is forced to abdicate by the Soviet Union-backed Communist government of Romania.


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