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Personal data Jan Smit 


Household of Jan Smit

He is married to Anna Profijt.

They got married on May 2, 1903 at Hoogeveen, he was 24 years old.Source 4


Notes about Jan Smit

Zoon van Roelof Smit en Annigje Schonewille.

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Sources

  1. Geb. akte nr. 373 Hoogeveen
  2. Overl akte nr 107 Hoogeveen
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  4. Huw. akte nr 25 Hoogeveen

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Historical events

Birthday November 9, 1878

  • The temperature on November 9, 1878 was about 7.7 °C. The air pressure was 12 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the north-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 62%. 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 November 3, 1877 to August 20, 1879 the cabinet Kappeijne van de Coppello, with Mr. J. Kappeijne van de Coppello (liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1878: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
    • January 4 » Russo-Turkish War (1877–78): Sofia is liberated from Ottoman rule and designated the capital of Liberated Bulgaria.
    • January 28 » Yale Daily News becomes the first independent daily college newspaper in the United States.
    • February 19 » Thomas Edison patents the phonograph.
    • May 14 » The last witchcraft trial held in the United States begins in Salem, Massachusetts, after Lucretia Brown, an adherent of Christian Science, accused Daniel Spofford of attempting to harm her through his mental powers.
    • September 1 » Emma Nutt becomes the world's first female telephone operator when she is recruited by Alexander Graham Bell to the Boston Telephone Dispatch Company.
    • October 15 » The Edison Electric Light Company begins operation.

Day of death August 21, 1961

  • The temperature on August 21, 1961 was between 14.1 °C and 17.2 °C and averaged 15.8 °C. There was 15.2 mm of rain during 5.6 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Juliana (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from September 4, 1948 till April 30, 1980 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from May 19, 1959 to July 24, 1964 the cabinet De Quay, with Prof. dr. J.E. de Quay (KVP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1961: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 11.6 million citizens.
    • January 20 » John F. Kennedy is inaugurated the 35th President of the United States of America, becoming the second youngest man to take the office, and the first Catholic.
    • February 14 » Discovery of the chemical elements: Element 103, Lawrencium, is first synthesized at the University of California.
    • March 9 » Sputnik 9 successfully launches, carrying a dog and a human dummy, and demonstrating that the Soviet Union was ready to begin human spaceflight.
    • May 16 » Park Chung-hee leads a coup d'état to overthrow the Second Republic of South Korea.
    • May 25 » Apollo program: U.S. President John F. Kennedy announces, before a special joint session of the U.S. Congress, his goal to initiate a project to put a "man on the Moon" before the end of the decade.
    • September 12 » The African and Malagasy Union is founded.


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