Family tree Familie John, Amesz, van der Genugten Nederland-Duitsland » Gijsbert Smits (1897-1946)

Personal data Gijsbert Smits 


Household of Gijsbert Smits

He is married to Johanna Sophia Margaretha John.

They got married on June 25, 1930 at Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland, he was 33 years old.

The couple were divorced from July 13, 1946 at Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland.

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Historical events

Birthday June 13, 1897

  • The temperature on June 13, 1897 was about 21.5 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 59%. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • Regentes Emma (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1898 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from May 9, 1894 to July 27, 1897 the cabinet Roëll, with Jonkheer mr. J. Roëll (oud-liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from July 27, 1897 to August 1, 1901 the cabinet Pierson, with Mr. N.G. Pierson (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1897: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
    • April 18 » The Greco-Turkish War is declared between Greece and the Ottoman Empire.
    • May 26 » The original manuscript of William Bradford's history, "Of Plymouth Plantation" is returned to the Governor of Massachusetts by the Bishop of London after being taken during the American Revolutionary War.
    • August 10 » German chemist Felix Hoffmann discovers an improved way of synthesizing acetylsalicylic acid (aspirin).
    • September 10 » Lattimer massacre: A sheriff's posse kills 19 unarmed striking immigrant miners in Lattimer, Pennsylvania, United States.
    • September 12 » Tirah Campaign: In the Battle of Saragarhi, ten thousand Pashtun tribesmen suffer several hundred casualties while attacking 21 Sikh soldiers in British service.
    • December 30 » The British Colony of Natal annexes Zululand.

Day of death July 13, 1946

  • The temperature on July 13, 1946 was between 13.4 °C and 27.2 °C and averaged 20.9 °C. There was 11.2 hours of sunshine (68%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • From June 24, 1945 till July 3, 1946 the Netherlands had a cabinet Schermerhorn - Drees with the prime ministers Prof. ir. W. Schermerhorn (VDB) and W. Drees (PvdA).
  • In The Netherlands , there was from July 3, 1946 to August 7, 1948 the cabinet Beel I, with Dr. L.J.M. Beel (KVP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1946: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 9.3 million citizens.
    • January 10 » The United States Army Signal Corps successfully conducts Project Diana, bouncing radio waves off the Moon and receiving the reflected signals.
    • January 11 » Enver Hoxha, Secretary General of the Communist Party of Albania, declares the People's Republic of Albania with himself as head of state.
    • March 29 » Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México, one of Mexico's leading universities, is founded.
    • May 21 » Physicist Louis Slotin is fatally irradiated in a criticality incident during an experiment with the demon core at Los Alamos National Laboratory.
    • August 16 » Mass riots in Kolkata begin; more than 4,000 people would be killed in 72 hours.
    • December 7 » A fire at the Winecoff Hotel in Atlanta, Georgia kills 119 people, the deadliest hotel fire in U.S. history.


Same birth/death day

Source: Wikipedia

Source: Wikipedia

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  • 1949 » Walt Kuhn, American painter and academic (b. 1877)
  • 1951 » Arnold Schoenberg, Austrian-American composer and painter (b. 1874)
  • 1954 » Frida Kahlo, Mexican painter and educator (b. 1907)

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