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Personal data Roelof Smit 


Household of Roelof Smit

He is married to Tjirgina Margaretha Oosterkamp.

They got married on May 9, 1906 at Assen, he was 32 years old.


Child(ren):

  1. NN Smit  1907

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Historical events

Birthday December 30, 1873

  • The temperature on December 30, 1873 was about -1.7 °C. The air pressure was 6 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 84%. 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 July 6, 1872 till August 27, 1874 the Netherlands had a cabinet De Vries - Fransen van de Putte with the prime ministers Mr. G. de Vries Azn. (liberaal) and I.D. Fransen van de Putte (liberaal).
  • In the year 1873: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
    • March 3 » Censorship in the United States: The U.S. Congress enacts the Comstock Law, making it illegal to send any "obscene literature and articles of immoral use" through the mail.
    • May 9 » Der Krach: Vienna stock market crash heralds the Long Depression.
    • July 1 » Prince Edward Island joins into Canadian Confederation.
    • July 21 » At Adair, Iowa, Jesse James and the James–Younger Gang pull off the first successful train robbery in the American Old West.
    • August 4 » American Indian Wars: While protecting a railroad survey party in Montana, the United States 7th Cavalry, under Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer clashes for the first time with the Cheyenne and Lakota people near the Tongue River; only one man on each side is killed.
    • September 18 » The bank Jay Cooke & Company declares bankruptcy, contributing to the Panic of 1873.

Day of marriage May 9, 1906

  • The temperature on May 9, 1906 was between 9.2 °C and 22.4 °C and averaged 15.1 °C. There was 11.7 hours of sunshine (76%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. 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 17, 1905 to February 11, 1908 the cabinet De Meester, with Mr. Th. de Meester (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1906: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.5 million citizens.
    • February 10 » HMSDreadnought, the first of a revolutionary new breed of battleships is christened and launched by King Edward VII.
    • March 10 » The Courrières mine disaster, Europe's worst ever, kills 1099 miners in northern France.
    • April 18 » An earthquake and fire destroy much of San Francisco, California.
    • June 30 » The United States Congress passes the Meat Inspection Act and Pure Food and Drug Act.
    • September 18 » The 1906 Hong Kong typhoon kills an estimated 10,000 people.
    • November 9 » Theodore Roosevelt is the first sitting President of the United States to make an official trip outside the country. He did so to inspect progress on the Panama Canal.

Day of death February 9, 1937

  • The temperature on February 9, 1937 was between 2.2 °C and 8.6 °C and averaged 5.0 °C. There was 1.4 mm of rain during 0.8 hours. There was 2.4 hours of sunshine (25%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-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 Netherlands , there was from June 24, 1937 to July 25, 1939 the cabinet Colijn IV, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1937: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 8.6 million citizens.
    • March 21 » Ponce massacre: Nineteen people in Ponce, Puerto Rico are gunned down by police acting on orders of the US-appointed Governor, Blanton C. Winship.
    • June 30 » The world's first emergency telephone number, 999, is introduced in London.
    • July 29 » Tōngzhōu Incident: In Tōngzhōu, China, the East Hopei Army attacks Japanese troops and civilians.
    • October 2 » Rafael Trujillo orders the execution of Haitians living in the northwestern region of the Dominican Republic.
    • November 9 » Second Sino-Japanese War: The Chinese Army withdraws from the Battle of Shanghai.
    • December 21 » Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, the world's first full-length animated feature, premieres at the Carthay Circle Theatre.


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