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Personal data Willem Gerrit Smitt
- He was born on June 7, 1842 in Zwolle (OV).
- Birth registration on June 7, 1842.Source 1
- Profession: Predikant.
- He died on August 2, 1912 in Den Haag, Zuid-Holland, Nederland, he was 70 years old.
Tijdstip: 05:30
- Death registration on August 3, 1912.Source 2
- A child of Walter Wagter Smitt and Lamberta Lindeboom
- This information was last updated on June 9, 2017.
Household of Willem Gerrit Smitt
He is married to Maria Sillevis.
They got married on September 6, 1865 at Den Haag, Zuid-Holland, Nederland, he was 23 years old.Source 3
Child(ren):
- Maria Wilhelmina Gerharda Smitt 1883-????
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Birthday June 7, 1842
- The temperature on June 7, 1842 was about 18.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north-northeast. Weather type: helder. Source: KNMI
- This page is only available in Dutch.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 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 28 » First concert of the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Otto Nicolai.
- March 30 » Ether anesthesia is used for the first time, in an operation by the American surgeon Dr. Crawford Long.
- August 14 » American Indian Wars: Second Seminole War ends, with the Seminoles forced from Florida to Oklahoma.
- August 29 » Treaty of Nanking signing ends the First Opium War.
Day of marriage September 6, 1865
- The temperature on September 6, 1865 was about 23.6 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 60%. 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 February 1, 1862 to February 10, 1866 the cabinet Thorbecke II, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
- In the year 1865: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
- March 25 » American Civil War: In Virginia, Confederate forces temporarily capture Fort Stedman from the Union.
- April 1 » American Civil War: Union troops led by Philip Sheridan decisively defeat Confederate troops led by George Pickett, cutting the Army of Northern Virginia's last supply line.
- April 14 » U.S. Secretary of State William H. Seward and his family are attacked at home by Lewis Powell.
- April 27 » The New York State Senate creates Cornell University as the state's land grant institution.
- May 17 » The International Telegraph Union (later the International Telecommunication Union) is established in Paris.
- December 24 » Jonathan Shank and Barry Ownby form The Ku Klux Klan.
Day of death August 2, 1912
- The temperature on August 2, 1912 was between 8.3 °C and 19.9 °C and averaged 13.6 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 5.4 hours of sunshine (35%). 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 February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
- In the year 1912: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 6.0 million citizens.
- January 5 » The 6th All-Russian Conference of the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (Prague Party Conference) opens. In the course of the conference, Vladimir Lenin and his supporters break from the rest of the party to form the Bolshevik movement.
- March 5 » Italo-Turkish War: Italian forces are the first to use airships for military purposes, employing them for reconnaissance behind Turkish lines.
- May 4 » Italy occupies the Greek island of Rhodes.
- May 8 » Paramount Pictures is founded.
- November 2 » Bulgaria defeats the Ottoman Empire in the Battle of Lule Burgas, the bloodiest battle of the First Balkan War, which opens her way to Constantinople.
- November 12 » King George I of Greece makes a triumphal entry into Thessaloniki after its liberation from 482 years of Ottoman rule.
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