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Personal data Gerardus Jacobus de Wit 


Household of Gerardus Jacobus de Wit

He is married to Maria Francisca van Tuijl.

They got married on August 22, 1903 at Woensel, he was 32 years old.


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Historical events

Birthday July 17, 1871

  • The temperature on July 17, 1871 was about 26.3 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southwest. The atmospheric humidity was 64%. 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 Netherlands , there was from January 4, 1871 to July 6, 1872 the cabinet Thorbecke III, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1871: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
    • February 17 » The victorious Prussian Army parades through Paris, France, after the end of the Siege of Paris during the Franco-Prussian War.
    • March 18 » Declaration of the Paris Commune; President of the French Republic, Adolphe Thiers, orders the evacuation of Paris.
    • March 21 » Journalist Henry Morton Stanley begins his trek to find the missionary and explorer David Livingstone.
    • March 29 » Royal Albert Hall is opened by Queen Victoria.
    • July 20 » British Columbia joins the confederation of Canada.
    • November 10 » Henry Morton Stanley locates missing explorer and missionary, Dr David Livingstone in Ujiji, near Lake Tanganyika, famously greeting him with the words, "Dr. Livingstone, I presume?".

Day of marriage August 22, 1903

  • The temperature on August 22, 1903 was between 8.2 °C and 18.2 °C and averaged 14.4 °C. There was 1.0 hours of sunshine (7%). 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 1, 1901 to August 16, 1905 the cabinet Kuijper, with Dr. A. Kuijper (AR) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1903: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.3 million citizens.
    • February 11 » Anton Bruckner's 9th Symphony receives its first performance in Vienna, Austria.
    • February 23 » Cuba leases Guantánamo Bay to the United States "in perpetuity".
    • March 2 » In New York City the Martha Washington Hotel opens, becoming the first hotel exclusively for women.
    • April 19 » The Kishinev pogrom in Kishinev (Bessarabia) begins, forcing tens of thousands of Jews to later seek refuge in Palestine and the Western world.
    • April 26 » Atlético Madrid Association football club is founded
    • December 16 » Taj Mahal Palace & Tower hotel in Bombay first opens its doors to guests.

Day of death December 27, 1936

  • The temperature on December 27, 1936 was between -2.9 °C and 3.2 °C and averaged -0.3 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 3.1 hours of sunshine (40%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east. 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 year 1936: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 8.5 million citizens.
    • March 1 » The Hoover Dam is completed.
    • July 20 » The Montreux Convention is signed in Switzerland, authorizing Turkey to fortify the Dardanelles and Bosphorus but guaranteeing free passage to ships of all nations in peacetime.
    • July 21 » Spanish Civil War: The Central Committee of Antifascist Militias of Catalonia is constituted, establishing an anarcho-syndicalist economy in Catalonia.
    • August 30 » The RMS Queen Mary wins the Blue Riband by setting the fastest transatlantic crossing.
    • November 3 » Franklin D. Roosevelt is re-elected President of the United States.
    • November 30 » In London, the Crystal Palace is destroyed by fire.


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