Genealogisch bestand van Leo Hendriks » Adrian J. de Wit (1869-1919)

Personal data Adrian J. de Wit 


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He is married to Henriëtte M. Vreeswijk.

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Historical events

Birthday February 25, 1869

  • The temperature on February 25, 1869 was about 6.9 °C. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 88%. 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 June 4, 1868 till January 4, 1871 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Bosse - Fock with the prime ministers Mr. P.P. van Bosse (liberaal) and Mr. C. Fock (liberaal).
  • In the year 1869: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
    • April 6 » Celluloid is patented.
    • May 15 » Women's suffrage: In New York, Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton form the National Woman Suffrage Association.
    • August 29 » The Mount Washington Cog Railway opens, making it the world's first mountain-climbing rack railway.
    • October 5 » The Saxby Gale devastates the Bay of Fundy region in Canada.
    • November 17 » In Egypt, the Suez Canal, linking the Mediterranean Sea with the Red Sea, is inaugurated.
    • November 22 » In Dumbarton, Scotland, the clipper Cutty Sark is launched

Day of death March 17, 1919

  • The temperature on March 17, 1919 was between 2.7 °C and 7.7 °C and averaged 4.1 °C. There was 4.2 mm of rain. There was 2.3 hours of sunshine (19%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. 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 9, 1918 to September 18, 1922 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck I, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1919: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 6.7 million citizens.
    • March 21 » The Hungarian Soviet Republic is established becoming the first Communist government to be formed in Europe after the October Revolution in Russia.
    • June 15 » John Alcock and Arthur Brown complete the first nonstop transatlantic flight when they reach Clifden, County Galway, Ireland.
    • July 21 » The dirigible Wingfoot Air Express crashes into the Illinois Trust and Savings Building in Chicago, killing 12 people.
    • July 23 » Prince Regent Aleksander Karađorđević signs the decree establishing the University of Ljubljana
    • September 18 » The Netherlands gives women the right to vote.
    • November 28 » Lady Astor is elected as a Member of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. She is the first woman to sit in the House of Commons. (Countess Markievicz, the first to be elected, refused to sit.)


Same birth/death day

Source: Wikipedia

  • 1860 » William Ashley, English historian and academic († 1927)
  • 1865 » Andranik, Armenian general († 1927)
  • 1866 » Benedetto Croce, Italian philosopher and politician († 1952)
  • 1869 » Phoebus Levene, Russian-American biochemist and physician († 1940)
  • 1873 » Enrico Caruso, Italian-American tenor; the most popular operatic tenor of the early 20th century and the first great recording star. († 1921)
  • 1877 » Erich von Hornbostel, Austrian musicologist and scholar († 1935)

Source: Wikipedia


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