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Personal data Sjoerd de Wit
- He was born on January 9, 1863 in Surhuisterveen, gem. Achtkarspelen (Fr).Source 1
- Profession: arbeider.
- He died on September 20, 1921 in Surhuisterveen, gem. Achtkarspelen (Fr), he was 58 years old.Source 2
- A child of Louwe Sjoerds de Wit and Ybeltje Luitzens van Dekken
- This information was last updated on July 4, 2024.
Household of Sjoerd de Wit
(1) He is married to Antje Hamstra.
They got married on May 31, 1884 at Achtkarspelen (Fr), he was 21 years old.Source 3
(2) He is married to Hiske Scholte.
They got married on April 9, 1887 at Achtkarspelen (Fr), he was 24 years old.Source 4
Bruidegom is weduwnaar van Anna Hamstra
Child(ren):
- Froukje de Wit 1891-????
- Louw de Wit 1894-????
- Luitzen de Wit 1896-1921
- Trijntje de Wit 1899-1921
- Jan de Wit 1901-
- Doede de Wit 1905-
- Andries de Wit 1908-1910
- Gosling de Wit 1910-
- Martje de Wit 1910-
- Louw de Wit 1914-
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Birthday January 9, 1863
- The temperature on January 9, 1863 was about 2.1 °C. The air pressure was 5 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 93%. 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 1863: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
- May 6 » American Civil War: The Battle of Chancellorsville ends with the defeat of the Army of the Potomac by the Army of Northern Virginia.
- May 27 » American Civil War: First Assault on the Confederate works at the Siege of Port Hudson.
- July 1 » American Civil War: The Battle of Gettysburg begins.
- July 26 » American Civil War: Morgan's Raid ends; At Salineville, Ohio, Confederate cavalry leader John Hunt Morgan and 360 of his volunteers are captured by Union forces.
- November 24 » American Civil War: Battle of Lookout Mountain: Near Chattanooga, Tennessee, Union forces under General Ulysses S. Grant capture Lookout Mountain and begin to break the Confederate siege of the city led by General Braxton Bragg.
- November 27 » American Civil War: Confederate cavalry leader John Hunt Morgan and several of his men escape the Ohio Penitentiary and return safely to the South.
Day of marriage April 9, 1887
- The temperature on April 9, 1887 was about 7.8 °C. The air pressure was 12 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the north-northeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 67%. 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 1887: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
- February 23 » The French Riviera is hit by a large earthquake, killing around 2,000.
- April 4 » Argonia, Kansas elects Susanna M. Salter as the first female mayor in the United States.
- June 8 » Herman Hollerith applies for US patent #395,781 for the 'Art of Compiling Statistics', which was his punched card calculator.
- July 6 » David Kalākaua, monarch of the Kingdom of Hawaii, is forced to sign the Bayonet Constitution, which transfers much of the king's authority to the Legislature of the Kingdom of Hawaii.
- July 26 » Publication of the Unua Libro, founding the Esperanto movement.
- November 13 » Bloody Sunday clashes in central London.
Day of death September 20, 1921
- The temperature on September 20, 1921 was between 8.2 °C and 21.6 °C and averaged 14.5 °C. There was 1.7 hours of sunshine (14%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. 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 September 9, 1918 to September 18, 1922 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck I, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
- In the year 1921: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 6.9 million citizens.
- January 16 » The Marxist Left in Slovakia and the Transcarpathian Ukraine holds its founding congress in Ľubochňa.
- February 21 » Rezā Shāh takes control of Tehran during a successful coup.
- March 18 » The second Peace of Riga is signed between Poland and the Soviet Union.
- July 29 » Adolf Hitler becomes leader of the National Socialist German Workers Party.
- September 11 » Nahalal, the first moshav in Palestine, is settled as part of a Zionist plan of creating a Jewish state, later to be Israel.
- October 13 » Soviet republics sign the Treaty of Kars to formalize the borders between Turkey and the South Caucasus states.
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