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Personal data Willem Jacobus Smit 


Household of Willem Jacobus Smit

He is married to Geertjen Meijer.

They got married on May 17, 1871 at Zwolle, he was 29 years old.


Child(ren):

  1. Alberta Jacoba Smit  1872-1873
  3. Jacoba Smit  1875-1878
  4. Gerrit Hendrik Smit  1877-1878
  6. Geertje Smit  1881-????
  7. Jacoba Smit  1884-1934

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    Birthday February 7, 1842

    • The temperature on February 7, 1842 was about 2.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south east. Weather type: betrokken regen. Source: KNMI
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      De Republiek der Verenigde Nederlanden werd in 1794-1795 door de Fransen veroverd onder leiding van bevelhebber Charles Pichegru (geholpen door de Nederlander Herman Willem Daendels); de verovering werd vergemakkelijkt door het dichtvriezen van de Waterlinie; Willem V moest op 18 januari 1795 uitwijken naar Engeland (en van daaruit in 1801 naar Duitsland); de patriotten namen de macht over van de aristocratische regenten en proclameerden de Bataafsche Republiek; op 16 mei 1795 werd het Haags Verdrag gesloten, waarmee ons land een vazalstaat werd van Frankrijk; in 3.1796 kwam er een Nationale Vergadering; in 1798 pleegde Daendels een staatsgreep, die de unitarissen aan de macht bracht; er kwam een nieuwe grondwet, die een Vertegenwoordigend Lichaam (met een Eerste en Tweede Kamer) instelde en als regering een Directoire; in 1799 sloeg Daendels bij Castricum een Brits-Russische invasie af; in 1801 kwam er een nieuwe grondwet; bij de Vrede van Amiens (1802) kreeg ons land van Engeland zijn koloniën terug (behalve Ceylon); na de grondwetswijziging van 1805 kwam er een raadpensionaris als eenhoofdig gezag, namelijk Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck (van 31 oktober 1761 tot 25 maart 1825).
    • In the year 1842: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 3.1 million citizens.
      • February 7 » Battle of Debre Tabor: Ras Ali Alula, Regent of the Emperor of Ethiopia defeats warlord Wube Haile Maryam of Semien.
      • February 21 » John Greenough is granted the first U.S. patent for the sewing machine.
      • March 9 » Giuseppe Verdi's third opera, Nabucco, receives its première performance in Milan; its success establishes Verdi as one of Italy's foremost opera composers.
      • March 17 » The Relief Society of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is formed.
      • May 8 » A train derails and catches fire in Paris, killing between 52 and 200 people.
      • August 1 » The Lombard Street riot erupts in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.

    Day of marriage May 17, 1871

    • The temperature on May 17, 1871 was about 2.3 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-northwest. The atmospheric humidity was 75%. 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.
      • May 21 » French troops invade the Paris Commune and engage its residents in street fighting. By the close of "Bloody Week", some 20,000 communards have been killed and 38,000 arrested.
      • May 28 » The Paris Commune falls after two months.
      • September 28 » The Brazilian Parliament passes a law that frees all children thereafter born to slaves, and all government-owned slaves.
      • November 16 » The National Rifle Association receives its charter from New York State.

    Day of death December 29, 1903

    • The temperature on December 29, 1903 was between -7.5 °C and -1.4 °C and averaged -5.4 °C. There was 6.7 hours of sunshine (86%). 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.
      • April 29 » A landslide kills 70 people in Frank, in the District of Alberta, Canada.
      • July 23 » The Ford Motor Company sells its first car.
      • August 18 » German engineer Karl Jatho allegedly flies his self-made, motored gliding airplane four months before the first flight of the Wright brothers.
      • November 17 » The Russian Social Democratic Labour Party splits into two groups: The Bolsheviks (Russian for "majority") and Mensheviks (Russian for "minority").
      • December 16 » Taj Mahal Palace & Tower hotel in Bombay first opens its doors to guests.
      • December 30 » A fire at the Iroquois Theater in Chicago, Illinois kills at least 605.
    

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