Family tree Harmsen-de Vries » Herman de Wit (1883-1970)
Personal data Herman de Wit
Source 1- He was born on November 27, 1883 in Sliedrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland.
- He died on March 5, 1970 in Sliedrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland, he was 86 years old.
- A child of Willem de Wit and Jannigje Klop
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Birthday November 27, 1883
- The temperature on November 27, 1883 was about 4.3 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 90%. Source: KNMI
- Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
- In The Netherlands , there was from August 20, 1879 to April 23, 1883 the cabinet Van Lijnden van Sandenburg, with Mr. C.Th. baron Van Lijnden van Sandenburg (conservatief-AR) as prime minister.
- In The Netherlands , there was from April 23, 1884 to April 21, 1888 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) as prime minister.
- In the year 1883: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
- March 20 » The Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property is signed.
- July 10 » War of the Pacific: Chileans led by Alejandro Gorostiaga defeat Andrés Avelino Cáceres's Peruvuan army at the Battle of Huamachuco, hastening the end of the war.
- October 20 » Peru and Chile sign the Treaty of Ancón, by which the Tarapacá province is ceded to the latter, bringing an end to Peru's involvement in the War of the Pacific.
- November 18 » American and Canadian railroads institute five standard continental time zones, ending the confusion of thousands of local times.
- December 16 » Tonkin Campaign: French forces capture the Sơn Tây citadel.
- December 21 » The Royal Canadian Dragoons and The Royal Canadian Regiment, the first Permanent Force cavalry and infantry regiments of the Canadian Army, are formed.
Day of death March 5, 1970
- The temperature on March 5, 1970 was between -3.4 °C and 3.7 °C and averaged 0.3 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 3.8 hours of sunshine (34%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north. Source: KNMI
- Koningin Juliana (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from September 4, 1948 till April 30, 1980 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
- In The Netherlands , there was from April 5, 1967 to Tuesday, July 6, 1971 the cabinet De Jong, with P.J.S. de Jong (KVP) as prime minister.
- In the year 1970: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 13.0 million citizens.
- March 5 » The Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons goes into effect after ratification by 43 nations.
- April 15 » During the Cambodian Civil War, massacre of the Vietnamese minority results in 800 bodies flowing down the Mekong river into South Vietnam.
- August 29 » Chicano Moratorium against the Vietnam War, East Los Angeles, California. Police riot kills three people, including journalist Rubén Salazar.
- October 8 » Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn wins the Nobel Prize in literature.
- October 26 » Muhammad Ali boxes for the first time after Ali's three-year hiatus due to draft evasion.
- December 23 » The Democratic Republic of the Congo officially becomes a one-party state.
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