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Household of JOHANNES SMIT
Notes about JOHANNES SMIT
NA HET OVERLIJDEN VAN ZIJN VADER NAM HIJ DE TUINDERIJ OVER. HOEWEL SLECHT TER BEEN ZIJNDE KON HIJ ZICH IN ZIJN TUINDERIJ GOED REDDEN. HIJ HAD EEN ONVERSCHILLIGE AARD, VERMOEDELIJK TE WIJTEN AAN ZIJN GEBREK, WAARDOOR HIJ OOK NIET TOT EEN HUWELIJK KON KOMEN. HIJ STIERF OP 43-JARIGE LEEFTIJD IN HET DIACONESSENHUIS TE DORDRECHT EN WERD TE ZWIJNDRECHT BEGRAVEN.
The temperature on February 28, 1881 was about 1.3 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the north. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 81%. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from August 20, 1879 to April 23, 1883 the cabinet Van Lijnden van Sandenburg, with Mr. C.Th. baron Van Lijnden van Sandenburg (conservatief-AR) as prime minister.
February 24 » China and Russia sign the Sino-Russian Ili Treaty.
March 1 » The first Minnesota State Capitol burns down.
May 10 » Carol I is crowned the King of the Romanian Kingdom.
May 21 » The American Red Cross is established by Clara Barton in Washington, D.C.
July 4 » In Alabama, the Tuskegee Institute opens.
September 20 » U.S. President Chester A. Arthur is sworn in, the morning after becoming President upon James A. Garfield's death.
Day of death August 19, 1924
The temperature on August 19, 1924 was between 8.7 °C and 14.3 °C and averaged 11.2 °C. There was 25.7 mm of rain. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (1%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
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.
January 25 » The 1924 Winter Olympics opens in Chamonix, in the French Alps, inaugurating the Winter Olympic Games.
February 12 » George Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue received its premiere in a concert titled "An Experiment in Modern Music", in Aeolian Hall, New York, by Paul Whiteman and his band, with Gershwin playing the piano.
March 8 » A mine disaster kills 172 coal miners near Castle Gate, Utah.
April 15 » Rand McNally publishes its first road atlas.
September 28 » The first aerial circumnavigation is completed by a team from the US Army.
October 27 » The Uzbek SSR is founded in the Soviet Union.
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