De familie Huigen » Jan de Wit (± 1830-1915)

Personal data Jan de Wit 


Household of Jan de Wit

He is married to Alida Clasina van Laar.

They got married on March 16, 1870 at Leersum.

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Historical events

Day of death September 5, 1915

  • The temperature on September 5, 1915 was between 6.2 °C and 17.6 °C and averaged 12.6 °C. There was 6.3 hours of sunshine (47%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. 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 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1915: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 6.3 million citizens.
    • January 19 » German strategic bombing during World War I: German zeppelins bomb the towns of Great Yarmouth and King's Lynn in the United Kingdom killing at least 20 people, in the first major aerial bombardment of a civilian target.
    • April 5 » Boxing challenger Jess Willard knocks out Jack Johnson in Havana, Cuba to become the Heavyweight Champion of the World.
    • May 1 » The RMSLusitania departs from New York City on her 202nd, and final, crossing of the North Atlantic. Six days later, the ship is torpedoed off the coast of Ireland with the loss of 1,198 lives.
    • May 27 » HMS Princess Irene exploded and sank off Sheerness, Kent with the loss of 352 lives.
    • July 16 » At Treasure Island on the Delaware River in the United States, the First Order of the Arrow ceremony takes place and the Order of the Arrow is founded to honor American Boy Scouts who best exemplify the Scout Oath and Law.
    • October 13 » First World War: The Battle of the Hohenzollern Redoubt marks the end of the Battle of Loos.


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