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Personal data Dirk Schermerhorn 


Household of Dirk Schermerhorn

He is married to Francisca Johanna Mus.

They got married on July 24, 1924, he was 24 years old.


Notes about Dirk Schermerhorn

Dirk Schermerhorn (https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russisch">Russisch: Дирк Шермергорн, Dirk Sjermergorn) (https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/26_april">26 april https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/1900">1900 – https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/26_november">26 november https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/1937">1937) was een Nederlandse ingenieur. In 1924 ging Schermerhorn naar de https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sovjet-Unie">Sovjet-Unie om daar mee te helpen aan de opbouw van de industrie.

Hij werkte tot 1932 mee aan de aanleg van de https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turkestan-Siberische_spoorlijn">Turkestan-Siberische spoorlijn, een van de grootste projecten uit het eerste https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vijfjarenplan">vijfjarenplan, en hij was verantwoordelijk voor de aanleg voor de https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metro_van_Moskou">metro van Moskou tussen 1932 en 1935.

https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lazar_Kaganovitsj">Lazar Kaganovitsj, lid van het https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Politbureau_van_de_Communistische_Partij_van_de_Sovjet-Unie">Politburo en Schermerhorns directe chef, stelde Schermerhorn aansprakelijk voor een ongeluk in de Moskouse metro en in 1936 werd Schermerhorn als eerste Nederlander tijdens de https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grote_Zuivering">Grote Zuivering opgepakt. Aangenomen werd dat men niet tevreden was over Schermerhorn omdat door zijn toedoen de oplevering van de metro een aantal weken was vertraagd, waardoor deze niet op 7 november 1936, de dag van de https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russische_Revolutie">revolutie, kon worden geopend. Op 26 november 1937 werd hij wegens onder meer spionage en economische sabotage veroordeeld en direct daarna geëxecuteerd.

https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikita_Chroesjtsjov">Nikita Chroesjtsjov, die onder dezelfde voorman aan de metro gewerkt had, was er verantwoordelijk voor dat Schermerhorn in 1956 gerehabiliteerd werd.

 

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Dirk Schermerhorn

Willem Dirksz Schermerhorn
1837-1905
Neeltje Willems Slooten
1835-1924

Dirk Schermerhorn
1900-1937

Dirk Schermerhorn

1924

Francisca Johanna Mus
1900-1953


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Birthday April 26, 1900

  • The temperature on April 26, 1900 was about 4.8 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 76%. 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 27, 1897 to August 1, 1901 the cabinet Pierson, with Mr. N.G. Pierson (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1900: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
    • January 2 » American statesman and diplomat John Hay announces the Open Door Policy to promote trade with China.
    • February 6 » The Permanent Court of Arbitration, an international arbitration court at The Hague, is created when the Senate of the Netherlands ratifies an 1899 peace conference decree.
    • May 18 » The United Kingdom proclaims a protectorate over Tonga.
    • October 19 » Max Planck discovers Planck's law of black-body radiation.
    • November 7 » Second Boer War: Battle of Leliefontein, a battle during which the Royal Canadian Dragoons win three Victoria Crosses.
    • December 18 » The Upper Ferntree Gully to Gembrook, Victoria Narrow-gauge (2ft 6 in or 762mm) Railway (now the Puffing Billy Railway) in Victoria, Australia is opened for traffic.

Day of marriage July 24, 1924

  • The temperature on July 24, 1924 was between 9.7 °C and 17.7 °C and averaged 13.6 °C. There was 17.9 mm of rain. There was 3.2 hours of sunshine (20%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. 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 September 19, 1922 to August 4, 1925 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck II, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1924: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 7.2 million citizens.
    • January 25 » The 1924 Winter Olympics opens in Chamonix, in the French Alps, inaugurating the Winter Olympic Games.
    • March 8 » A mine disaster kills 172 coal miners near Castle Gate, Utah.
    • April 1 » The Royal Canadian Air Force is formed.
    • August 4 » Diplomatic relations between Mexico and the Soviet Union are established.
    • August 28 » The Georgian opposition stages the August Uprising against the Soviet Union.
    • October 27 » The Uzbek SSR is founded in the Soviet Union.

Day of death November 26, 1937

  • The temperature on November 26, 1937 was between 3.7 °C and 8.9 °C and averaged 7.1 °C. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. 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 31, 1935 to June 24, 1937 the cabinet Colijn III, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from June 24, 1937 to July 25, 1939 the cabinet Colijn IV, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1937: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 8.6 million citizens.
    • January 23 » The trial of the anti-Soviet Trotskyist center sees seventeen mid-level Communists accused of sympathizing with Leon Trotsky and plotting to overthrow Joseph Stalin's regime.
    • March 18 » Spanish Civil War: Spanish Republican forces defeat the Italians at the Battle of Guadalajara.
    • April 1 » Aden becomes a British crown colony.
    • April 9 » The Kamikaze arrives at Croydon Airport in London. It is the first Japanese-built aircraft to fly to Europe.
    • July 7 » The Marco Polo Bridge Incident provides the Imperial Japanese Army with a pretext for starting the Second Sino-Japanese War.
    • October 2 » Rafael Trujillo orders the execution of Haitians living in the northwestern region of the Dominican Republic.


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