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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.
    • April 1 » The White Star steamer RMSAtlantic sinks off Nova Scotia, killing 547 in one of the worst marine disasters of the 19th century.
    • April 13 » The Colfax massacre, in which more than 60 black men are murdered, takes place.
    • May 23 » The Canadian Parliament establishes the North-West Mounted Police, the forerunner of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.
    • June 5 » Sultan Barghash bin Said of Zanzibar closes the great slave market under the terms of a treaty with Great Britain.
    • July 1 » Prince Edward Island joins into Canadian Confederation.
    • October 3 » Chief Kintpuash and companions are hanged for their part in the Modoc War of northern California.

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.
    • March 31 » The Intercollegiate Athletic Association of the United States (later the National Collegiate Athletic Association) is established to set rules for college sports in the United States.
    • April 8 » Auguste Deter, the first person to be diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease, dies.
    • April 18 » An earthquake and fire destroy much of San Francisco, California.
    • April 27 » The State Duma of the Russian Empire meets for the first time.
    • July 11 » Murder of Grace Brown by Chester Gillette in the United States, inspiration for Theodore Dreiser's An American Tragedy.
    • September 13 » The Santos-Dumont 14-bis makes a short hop, the first flight of a fixed-wing aircraft in Europe.

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.
    • January 19 » Howard Hughes sets a new air record by flying from Los Angeles to New York City in 7 hours, 28 minutes, 25 seconds.
    • April 30 » The Commonwealth of the Philippines holds a plebiscite for Filipino women on whether they should be extended the right to suffrage; over 90% would vote in the affirmative.
    • May 28 » Volkswagen, the German automobile manufacturer is founded.
    • July 22 » New Deal: The United States Senate votes down President Franklin D. Roosevelt's proposal to add more justices to the Supreme Court of the United States.
    • July 24 » Alabama drops rape charges against the "Scottsboro Boys".
    • September 21 » J. R. R. Tolkien's The Hobbit is published.


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