Family tree Root, Brinksma, Van Schoten en Molen » Simon Root (1826-1898)
Personal data Simon Root
- He was born in the year 1826 in Ilpendam.
- He died on July 31, 1898 in Den Ilp, he was 72 years old.
- A child of Hendrik Root and Geertje Janse West
- This information was last updated on January 12, 2012.
Household of Simon Root
(1) He is married to Geertje Marees.
They got married on April 15, 1852 at Ilpendam, he was 26 years old.
Child(ren):
- Geertje Root ± 1857-1867
- Teunis Root ± 1859-1865
(2) He is married to Aaltje Oderkerk.
They got married on August 5, 1865 at Ilpendam, he was 39 years old.
Child(ren):
- Hendrik Root 1868-1868
- Sijmen Root ± 1871-1871
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Historical events
Day of marriage August 5, 1865
- The temperature on August 5, 1865 was about 16.4 °C. The air pressure was 1.5 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the north-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 79%. Source: KNMI
- Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
- In The Netherlands , there was from February 1, 1862 to February 10, 1866 the cabinet Thorbecke II, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
- In the year 1865: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
- March 19 » American Civil War: The Battle of Bentonville begins. By the end of the battle two days later, Confederate forces had retreated from Four Oaks, North Carolina.
- April 4 » American Civil War: A day after Union forces capture Richmond, Virginia, U.S. President Abraham Lincoln visits the Confederate capital.
- April 27 » The New York State Senate creates Cornell University as the state's land grant institution.
- May 1 » The Empire of Brazil, Argentina, and Uruguay sign the Treaty of the Triple Alliance.
- August 12 » Joseph Lister, British surgeon and scientist, performs 1st antiseptic surgery.
- December 2 » Alabama ratifies 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, followed by North Carolina then Georgia, and U.S. slaves were legally free within two weeks
Day of death July 31, 1898
- The temperature on July 31, 1898 was about 15.5 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 77%. 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 July 27, 1897 to August 1, 1901 the cabinet Pierson, with Mr. N.G. Pierson (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
- In the year 1898: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
- February 23 » Émile Zola is imprisoned in France after writing J'Accuse…!, a letter accusing the French government of antisemitism and wrongfully imprisoning Captain Alfred Dreyfus.
- April 22 » Spanish–American War: The USSNashville captures a Spanish merchant ship.
- June 22 » Spanish–American War: In a chaotic operation, 6,000 men of the U.S. Fifth Army Corps begins landing at Daiquirí, Cuba, about 16 miles (26km) east of Santiago de Cuba. Lt. Gen. Arsenio Linares y Pombo of the Spanish Army outnumbers them two-to-one, but does not oppose the landings.
- August 23 » The Southern Cross Expedition, the first British venture of the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration, departs from London.
- October 6 » Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia, the largest American music fraternity, is founded at the New England Conservatory of Music.
- October 14 » The steam ship SSMohegan sinks near the Lizard peninsula, Cornwall, killing 106.
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- 1913 » John Milne, British geologist and mining engineer. (b. 1850)
- 1914 » Jean Jaurès, French journalist and politician (b. 1859)
- 1917 » Hedd Wyn, Welsh language poet (b. 1887)
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