Family tree Jan Werkman » Johannes Smit (1852-1940)
Personal data Johannes Smit
- He was born on March 20, 1852 in Leens, Groningen, Nederland.
Tijdstip: 01:00
- Birth registration on March 22, 1852.Source 1
- Profession: Boerenknecht.
- (Emigratie) .Source 2
Johannes en Bientje zijn in 1885 vertrokken naar Amerika.
Reden van vertrek: Verbetering van bestaan. - He died on April 21, 1940 in Fulton, Illinois, USA, he was 88 years old.
- He is buried in Fulton Township Cemetery, Fulton, Illinois, USA.
- A child of Hendrik Berends Smit and Aaltje Engelberts de Groot
- This information was last updated on April 19, 2017.
Household of Johannes Smit
(1) He is married to Bientje Barsema.
They got married on November 9, 1876 at Leens, Groningen, Nederland, he was 24 years old.Source 3
(2) He is married to Grietje Japenga.
They got married after 1886.
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Historical events
Birthday March 20, 1852
- The temperature on March 20, 1852 was about 10.7 °C. The atmospheric humidity was 41%. 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 Netherlands , there was from November 1, 1849 to April 19, 1853 the cabinet Thorbecke I, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
- In the year 1852: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 3.3 million citizens.
- March 17 » Annibale De Gasparis discovers in Naples the asteroid Psyche from the north dome of the Astronomical Observatory of Capodimonte
- May 29 » Jenny Lind leaves New York after her two-year American tour.
- August 21 » Tlingit Indians destroy Fort Selkirk, Yukon Territory.
- September 11 » Outbreak of Revolution of September 11 resulting in the State of Buenos Aires declaring independence as a Republic.
- October 11 » The University of Sydney, Australia's oldest university, is inaugurated in Sydney.
- November 4 » Camillo Benso, Count of Cavour, becomes the prime minister of Piedmont-Sardinia, which soon expands to become Italy.
Day of marriage November 9, 1876
- The temperature on November 9, 1876 was about -1.4 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the east-northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 88%. 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 August 27, 1874 till November 3, 1877 the Netherlands had a cabinet Heemskerk - Van Lijnden van Sandenburg with the prime ministers Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) and Mr. C.Th. baron Van Lijnden van Sandenburg (AR).
- In the year 1876: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
- February 2 » The National League of Professional Baseball Clubs of Major League Baseball is formed.
- February 14 » Alexander Graham Bell applies for a patent for the telephone, as does Elisha Gray.
- February 26 » Japan and Korea sign a treaty granting Japanese citizens extraterritoriality rights, opening three ports to Japanese trade, and ending Korea's status as a tributary state of Qing dynasty China.
- April 17 » Catalpa rescue: The rescue of six Fenian prisoners from Fremantle Prison in Western Australia.
- May 10 » The Centennial Exposition is opened in Philadelphia.
- November 17 » Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's "Slavonic March" is given its premiere performance in Moscow, Russia.
Day of death April 21, 1940
- The temperature on April 21, 1940 was between 7.3 °C and 19.9 °C and averaged 13.4 °C. There was 12.6 hours of sunshine (88%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-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 August 10, 1939 to September 3, 1940 the cabinet De Geer II, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
- In The Netherlands , there was from September 3, 1940 to July 27, 1941 the cabinet Gerbrandy I, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
- In the year 1940: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 8.8 million citizens.
- February 29 » Finland initiates Winter War peace negotiations.
- May 24 » Acting on the orders of Soviet leader Joseph Stalin, NKVD agent Iosif Grigulevich orchestrates an unsuccessful assassination attempt on exiled Russian revolutionary Leon Trotsky in Coyoacán, Mexico.
- June 12 » World War II: Thirteen thousand British and French troops surrender to Major General Erwin Rommel at Saint-Valery-en-Caux.
- August 6 » Estonia is illegally annexed by the Soviet Union.
- November 5 » World War II: The British armed merchant cruiser, HMSJervis Bay, is sunk by the German pocket battleship Admiral Scheer.
- November 16 » World War II: In response to the leveling of Coventry by the German Luftwaffe two days before, the Royal Air Force bombs Hamburg.
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- 1851 » Ismail Gasprinski, Ukrainian educator, publisher, and politician († 1914)
- 1856 » Frederick Winslow Taylor, American tennis player and engineer († 1915)
- 1856 » John Lavery, Irish painter († 1941)
- 1932 » Friedrich Gustav Piffl, Bohemian cardinal (b. 1864)
- 1938 » Muhammad Iqbal, Indian-Pakistani philosopher and poet (b. 1877)
- 1941 » Fritz Manteuffel, German gymnast (b. 1875)
- 1945 » Walter Model, German field marshal (b. 1891)
- 1946 » John Maynard Keynes, English economist and philosopher (b. 1883)
- 1948 » Aldo Leopold, American ecologist and author (b. 1887)
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