Genealogy De Groot » August Eduard Witte (1873-1944)

Personal data August Eduard Witte 


Household of August Eduard Witte

He is married to Anna Elisabeth Adriana de Groot.

They got married on August 22, 1906 at Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland, he was 33 years old.

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Birthday May 31, 1873

  • The temperature on May 31, 1873 was about 12.4 °C. There was 0.9 mm of rain. The air pressure was 3 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 83%. Source: KNMI
  • Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • From July 6, 1872 till August 27, 1874 the Netherlands had a cabinet De Vries - Fransen van de Putte with the prime ministers Mr. G. de Vries Azn. (liberaal) and I.D. Fransen van de Putte (liberaal).
  • In the year 1873: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
    • January 17 » A group of Modoc warriors defeats the United States Army in the First Battle of the Stronghold, part of the Modoc War.
    • March 22 » The Spanish National Assembly abolishes slavery in Puerto Rico.
    • April 4 » The Kennel Club is founded, the oldest and first official registry of purebred dogs in the world.
    • July 21 » At Adair, Iowa, Jesse James and the James–Younger Gang pull off the first successful train robbery in the American Old West.
    • August 2 » The Clay Street Hill Railroad begins operating the first cable car in San Francisco's famous cable car system.
    • November 22 » The French steamer SS Ville du Havre sinks in 12 minutes after colliding with the Scottish iron clipper Loch Earn in the Atlantic, with a loss of 226 lives.

Day of marriage August 22, 1906

  • The temperature on August 22, 1906 was between 15.0 °C and 25.8 °C and averaged 20.2 °C. There was 9.9 hours of sunshine (69%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-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 August 17, 1905 to February 11, 1908 the cabinet De Meester, with Mr. Th. de Meester (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1906: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.5 million citizens.
    • January 22 » SSValencia runs aground on rocks on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, killing more than 130.
    • February 11 » Pope Pius X publishes the encyclical Vehementer Nos.
    • May 22 » The Wright brothers are granted U.S. patent number 821,393 for their "Flying-Machine".
    • June 26 » The first Grand Prix motor race is held at Le Mans.
    • June 30 » The United States Congress passes the Meat Inspection Act and Pure Food and Drug Act.
    • July 11 » Murder of Grace Brown by Chester Gillette in the United States, inspiration for Theodore Dreiser's An American Tragedy.

Day of death February 17, 1944

  • The temperature on February 17, 1944 was between -2.4 °C and 0.9 °C and averaged -0.6 °C. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. 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, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1944: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 9.1 million citizens.
    • April 24 » World War II: The SBS launches a raid against the garrison of Santorini in Greece.
    • April 26 » Georgios Papandreou becomes head of the Greek government-in-exile based in Egypt.
    • April 29 » World War II: British agent Nancy Wake, a leading figure in the French Resistance and the Gestapo's most wanted person, parachutes back into France to be a liaison between London and the local maquis group.
    • June 30 » World War II: The Battle of Cherbourg ends with the fall of the strategically valuable port to American forces.
    • October 7 » World War II: During an uprising at Birkenau concentration camp, Jewish prisoners burn down Crematorium IV.
    • October 29 » World War II: The Soviet Red Army enters Hungary.


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