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Household of Petrus Johannes Wittens

He is married to Elisabeth Josepha Cornelia Dankers.

They got married on April 29, 1885 at Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland, he was 21 years old.Source 1


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Birthday March 15, 1864

  • The temperature on March 15, 1864 was about 9.7 °C. The air pressure was 26 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 79%. 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 1864: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
    • May 26 » Montana is organized as a United States territory.
    • June 15 » Arlington National Cemetery is established when 200 acres (0.81km) of the Arlington estate (formerly owned by Confederate General Robert E. Lee) are officially set aside as a military cemetery by U.S. Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton.
    • August 10 » After Uruguay's governing Blanco Party refuses Brazil's demands, José Antônio Saraiva announces that the Brazilian military will begin reprisals, beginning the Uruguayan War.
    • August 23 » American Civil War: The Union Navy captures Fort Morgan, Alabama, thus breaking Confederate dominance of all ports on the Gulf of Mexico except Galveston, Texas.
    • September 7 » American Civil War: Atlanta is evacuated on orders of Union General William Tecumseh Sherman.
    • October 15 » American Civil War: The Union garrison of Glasgow, Missouri surrenders to Confederate forces.

Day of marriage April 29, 1885

  • The temperature on April 29, 1885 was about 15.6 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 73%. 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 1885: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
    • February 5 » King Leopold II of Belgium establishes the Congo as a personal possession.
    • February 8 » The first government-approved Japanese immigrants arrived in Hawaii.
    • April 3 » Gottlieb Daimler is granted a German patent for his engine design.
    • September 29 » The first practical public electric tramway in the world is opened in Blackpool, England.
    • November 16 » Canadian rebel leader of the Métis and "Father of Manitoba" Louis Riel is executed for treason.
    • November 19 » Serbo-Bulgarian War: Bulgarian victory in the Battle of Slivnitsa solidifies the unification between the Principality of Bulgaria and Eastern Rumelia.

Day of death January 30, 1929

  • The temperature on January 30, 1929 was between -2.1 °C and 1.1 °C and averaged 0.1 °C. There was 4.6 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east. 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 March 8, 1926 to August 10, 1929 the cabinet De Geer I, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from August 10, 1929 to May 26, 1933 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck III, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1929: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 7.7 million citizens.
    • January 1 » The former municipalities of Point Grey, British Columbia and South Vancouver, British Columbia are amalgamated into Vancouver.
    • January 6 » King Alexander of the Serbs, Croats and Slovenes suspends his country's constitution (the January 6th Dictatorship).
    • January 17 » Popeye the Sailor Man, a cartoon character created by E. C. Segar, first appears in the Thimble Theatre comic strip.
    • January 20 » The first full-length talking motion picture filmed outdoors, In Old Arizona, is released.
    • February 14 » Saint Valentine's Day Massacre: Seven people, six of them gangster rivals of Al Capone's gang, are murdered in Chicago.
    • August 11 » Babe Ruth becomes the first baseball player to hit 500 home runs in his career with a home run at League Park in Cleveland, Ohio.


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