Family tree Root, Brinksma, Van Schoten en Molen » Martinus Root (1867-????)
Personal data Martinus Root
- He was born on May 18, 1867 in Zaandijk.
- A child of Martinus Root and Jannetje Koopman
Household of Martinus Root
(1) He is married to Neeltje Somer.
They got married on September 7, 1890 at Zaandam, he was 23 years old.
Child(ren):
- Jannetje Root ± 1891-1892
- Maartje Root ± 1894-1908
- Martinus Root ± 1897-1940
(2) He is married to Geertje Best.
They got married on January 22, 1902, he was 34 years old.
Child(ren):
- Willem Root ± 1902-1903
- Aagje Root 1906-1907
(3) He is married to Elisabeth de Vries.
They got married on August 27, 1910 at Wormerveer, he was 43 years old.
Child(ren):
- Albertus Root 1909-1943
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Historical events
Birthday May 18, 1867
- The temperature on May 18, 1867 was about 16.9 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 51%. 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 June 1, 1866 till June 4, 1868 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt - Heemskerk with the prime ministers Mr. J.P.J.A. graaf Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt (AR) and Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief).
- In the year 1867: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
- February 13 » Work begins on the covering of the Senne, burying Brussels's primary river and creating the modern central boulevards.
- April 1 » Singapore becomes a British crown colony.
- June 8 » Coronation of Franz Joseph as King of Hungary following the Austro-Hungarian compromise (Ausgleich).
- July 17 » Harvard School of Dental Medicine is established in Boston, Massachusetts. It is the first dental school in the U.S. that is affiliated with a university.
- September 28 » Toronto becomes the capital of Ontario, having also been the capital of Ontario's predecessors since 1796.
- October 21 » The Medicine Lodge Treaty is signed by southern Great Plains Indian leaders. The treaty requires Native American Plains tribes to relocate to a reservation in western Oklahoma.
Day of marriage August 27, 1910
- The temperature on August 27, 1910 was between 9.0 °C and 17.6 °C and averaged 14.3 °C. There was 7.4 hours of sunshine (53%). The average windspeed was 4 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 1910: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 5.9 million citizens.
- January 13 » The first public radio broadcast takes place; a live performance of the operas Cavalleria rusticana and Pagliacci are sent out over the airwaves from the Metropolitan Opera House in New York.
- April 28 » Frenchman Louis Paulhan wins the 1910 London to Manchester air race, the first long-distance aeroplane race in England.
- June 19 » The first Father's Day is celebrated in Spokane, Washington.
- September 12 » Premiere performance of Gustav Mahler's Symphony No. 8 in Munich (with a chorus of 852 singers and an orchestra of 171 players. Mahler's rehearsal assistant conductor was Bruno Walter).
- October 11 » Piloted by Arch Hoxsey, Theodore Roosevelt becomes the first U.S. president to fly in an airplane.
- October 22 » Hawley Harvey Crippen (the first felon to be arrested with the help of radio) is convicted of poisoning his wife.
Same birth/death day
- 1862 » Josephus Daniels, American publisher and politician, 41st United States Secretary of the Navy († 1948)
- 1867 » Minakata Kumagusu, Japanese author, biologist, naturalist and ethnologist († 1941)
- 1868 » Nicholas II of Russia († 1918)
- 1869 » Lucy Beaumont, English-American actress († 1937)
- 1871 » Denis Horgan, Irish shot putter and weight thrower († 1922)
- 1872 » Bertrand Russell, British mathematician, historian, and philosopher, Nobel Prize laureate († 1970)
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