FutureHistory » Jan Maria Willem de Smedt (1912-)

Personal data Jan Maria Willem de Smedt 


Household of Jan Maria Willem de Smedt

He is married to Martha Celestina van Herck.

They got married on January 22, 1936 at Wilrijk, he was 23 years old.

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Historical events

Birthday February 26, 1912

  • The temperature on February 26, 1912 was between 2.5 °C and 9.4 °C and averaged 6.9 °C. There was 0.9 hours of sunshine (8%). The average windspeed was 4 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 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.
    • February 12 » The Xuantong Emperor, the last Emperor of China, abdicates.
    • February 14 » Arizona is admitted as the 48th and the last contiguous U.S. state.
    • April 14 » The British passenger liner RMSTitanic hits an iceberg in the North Atlantic at 23:40 (sinks morning of April 15th).
    • September 25 » Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism is founded in New York City.
    • October 8 » The First Balkan War begins when Montenegro declares war against the Ottoman Empire.
    • December 19 » William Van Schaick, captain of the steamship General Slocum which caught fire and killed over one thousand people, is pardoned by U.S. President William Howard Taft after ​3⁄2 years in Sing Sing prison.


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Source: Wikipedia

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  • 1912 » Dane Clark, American actor and director († 1998)
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