Family tree Van Leeuwen » Jacobus Smit (1858-1949)
Personal data Jacobus Smit
- He was born on February 9, 1858 in Graft, Noord-Holland, Nederland.
- Profession: Landman/Veehouder.
- He died on August 15, 1949 in Graft, Noord-Holland, Nederland, he was 91 years old.
- A child of Joseph Smit and Antje Burger
Household of Jacobus Smit
He is married to Elizabet Commandeur.
They got married on May 3, 1885 at Graft, Noord-Holland, Nederland, he was 27 years old.
Child(ren):
- Anna Maria Smit 1886-????
- Nicolaas Smit 1888-????
- Joseph Smit 1891-1983
- Margaretha Smit 1893-1991
- Maria Smit 1895-1982
- Cornelis Smit 1896-1944
- Valentinus Maria Smit 1901-1994
- Elizabeth Maria Smit 1905-1967
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Birthday February 9, 1858
- The temperature on February 9, 1858 was about -5.1 °C. The air pressure was 1.5 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the east. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 80%. 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 July 1, 1856 to March 18, 1858 the cabinet Van der Brugghen, with Mr. J.L.L. van der Brugghen (protestant) as prime minister.
- From March 18, 1858 till February 23, 1860 the Netherlands had a cabinet Rochussen - Van Bosse with the prime ministers J.J. Rochussen (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. P.P. van Bosse (liberaal).
- In the year 1858: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 3.3 million citizens.
- February 11 » Bernadette Soubirous's first vision of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Lourdes, France.
- June 18 » Charles Darwin receives a paper from Alfred Russel Wallace that includes nearly identical conclusions about evolution as Darwin's own, prompting Darwin to publish his theory.
- August 11 » The Eiger in the Bernese Alps is ascended for the first time by Charles Barrington accompanied by Christian Almer and Peter Bohren.
- August 21 » The first of the Lincoln–Douglas debates is held in Ottawa, Illinois.
- September 10 » George Mary Searle discovers the asteroid 55 Pandora.
- November 17 » Modified Julian Day zero.
Day of marriage May 3, 1885
- The temperature on May 3, 1885 was about 11.6 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the north-northeast. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 84%. 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 April 23, 1884 to April 21, 1888 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) as prime minister.
- In the year 1885: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
- March 3 » The American Telephone & Telegraph Company is incorporated in New York.
- April 3 » Gottlieb Daimler is granted a German patent for his engine design.
- May 12 » North-West Rebellion: The four-day Battle of Batoche, pitting rebel Métis against the Canadian government, comes to an end with a decisive rebel defeat.
- June 3 » In the last military engagement fought on Canadian soil, the Cree leader, Big Bear, escapes the North-West Mounted Police.
- July 6 » Louis Pasteur successfully tests his vaccine against rabies on Joseph Meister, a boy who was bitten by a rabid dog.
- October 13 » The Georgia Institute of Technology is founded in Atlanta, Georgia.
Day of death August 15, 1949
- The temperature on August 15, 1949 was between 10.9 °C and 25.0 °C and averaged 18.0 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 10.8 hours of sunshine (73%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. Source: KNMI
- Koningin Juliana (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from September 4, 1948 till April 30, 1980 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
- From August 7, 1948 till March 15, 1951 the Netherlands had a cabinet Drees - Van Schaik with the prime ministers Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) and Mr. J.R.H. van Schaik (KVP).
- In the year 1949: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 9.9 million citizens.
- April 1 » Chinese Civil War: The Chinese Communist Party holds unsuccessful peace talks with the Nationalist Party in Beijing, after three years of fighting.
- May 23 » Cold War: The Western occupying powers approve the Basic Law and establish a new German state, the Federal Republic of Germany.
- June 8 » Helen Keller, Dorothy Parker, Danny Kaye, Fredric March, John Garfield, Paul Muni and Edward G. Robinson are named in an FBI report as Communist Party members.
- August 10 » An amendment to the National Security Act of 1947 enhances the authority of the United States Secretary of Defense over the Army, Navy and Air Force, and replaces the National Military Establishment with the Department of Defense.
- September 4 » The Peekskill riots erupt after a Paul Robeson concert in Peekskill, New York.
- September 17 » The Canadian steamship SSNoronic burns in Toronto Harbour with the loss of over 118 lives.
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- 1865 » Mrs. Patrick Campbell, English-French actress († 1940)
- 1936 » Grazia Deledda, Italian novelist and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1871)
- 1942 » Mahadev Desai, Indian activist and author (b. 1892)
- 1945 » Fred Hockley, English lieutenant and pilot (b. 1923)
- 1945 » Korechika Anami, Japanese general and politician, 54th Japanese Minister of the Army (b. 1887)
- 1951 » Artur Schnabel, Polish pianist and composer (b. 1882)
- 1953 » Ludwig Prandtl, German physicist and engineer (b. 1875)
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