Family tree Doornbos » Willem Smit (1871-1936)
Personal data Willem Smit
- He was born on May 29, 1871 in Bedum, Onderdendam.Source 1
- He died on September 6, 1936 in Groningen, he was 65 years old.
- A child of Cornelis Smit and Klaaske van der Weide
- This information was last updated on June 8, 2009.
Household of Willem Smit
He is married to Jantje Berghuis.
They got married on March 16, 1895 at Warffum, he was 23 years old.
Child(ren):
- Cornelis Smit 1894-????
- Aafke Smit 1896-????
- Simon Smit 1898-1901
- Elizabeth Smit 1899-1969
- Klasina Smit 1901-1941
- Jantina Smit 1903-
- Simon Smit 1904-
- Willem Smit 1906-
- Jan Smit 1908-
- Gepke Smit 1910-
- Rika Smit 1912-
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Relationship Willem Smit
- Willem Smit is the 4th great grandson of Luirt Melles Dorenbosch:
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Historical events
Birthday May 29, 1871
- The temperature on May 29, 1871 was about 15.5 °C. The air pressure was 11 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the north. 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.
- March 18 » Declaration of the Paris Commune; President of the French Republic, Adolphe Thiers, orders the evacuation of Paris.
- March 21 » Otto von Bismarck is appointed as the first Chancellor of the German Empire.
- March 26 » The elections of Commune council of the Paris Commune are held.
- April 1 » The 3rd Duke of Buckingham opened the Brill Tramway, a short railway line to transport goods between his lands and the national rail network.
- September 28 » The Brazilian Parliament passes a law that frees all children thereafter born to slaves, and all government-owned slaves.
- 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 March 16, 1895
- The temperature on March 16, 1895 was about 4.5 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 97%. Source: KNMI
- Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
- Regentes Emma (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1898 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
- In The Netherlands , there was from May 9, 1894 to July 27, 1897 the cabinet Roëll, with Jonkheer mr. J. Roëll (oud-liberaal) as prime minister.
- In the year 1895: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
- February 24 » Revolution breaks out in Baire, a town near Santiago de Cuba, beginning the Cuban War of Independence, that ends with the Spanish–American War in 1898.
- March 15 » Heian Shrine is founded.
- April 6 » Oscar Wilde is arrested in the Cadogan Hotel, London, after losing a libel case against the Marquess of Queensberry.
- May 25 » Playwright, poet and novelist Oscar Wilde is convicted of "committing acts of gross indecency with other male persons" and sentenced to serve two years in prison.
- June 27 » The inaugural run of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad's Royal Blue from Washington, D.C., to New York City, the first U.S. passenger train to use electric locomotives.
- June 28 » The United States Court of Private Land Claims rules James Reavis’s claim to Barony of Arizona is "wholly fictitious and fraudulent."
Day of death September 6, 1936
- The temperature on September 6, 1936 was between 13.5 °C and 16.7 °C and averaged 14.9 °C. There was 0.7 mm of rain during 0.5 hours. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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 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.
- January 29 » The first inductees into the Baseball Hall of Fame are announced.
- February 29 » February 26 Incident in Tokyo ends.
- March 1 » The Hoover Dam is completed.
- April 6 » Tupelo–Gainesville tornado outbreak: Another tornado from the same storm system as the Tupelo tornado hits Gainesville, Georgia, killing 203.
- August 3 » Jesse Owens wins the 100 metre dash, defeating Ralph Metcalfe, at the Berlin Olympics.
- December 10 » Abdication Crisis: Edward VIII signs the Instrument of Abdication.
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