Family tree Weening » Roelof van der Wit (1870-1870)
Personal data Roelof van der Wit
- He was born on May 5, 1870 in Drachten, gem. Smallingerland (Fr).Source 1
- He died on July 27, 1870 in Drachten, gem. Smallingerland (Fr).Source 2
- A child of Jan van der Wit and Dieuwke Klazes Elzinga
- This information was last updated on September 11, 2019.
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Birthday May 5, 1870
- The temperature on May 5, 1870 was about 7.7 °C. There was 1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 10 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 89%. 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 4, 1868 till January 4, 1871 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Bosse - Fock with the prime ministers Mr. P.P. van Bosse (liberaal) and Mr. C. Fock (liberaal).
- In the year 1870: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
- January 26 » Reconstruction Era: Virginia rejoins the Union.
- February 27 » The current flag of Japan is first adopted as the national flag for Japanese merchant ships.
- June 22 » The United States Department of Justice is created by the U.S. Congress.
- July 19 » Franco-Prussian War: France declares war on Prussia.
- September 18 » Old Faithful Geyser is observed and named by Henry D. Washburn.
- November 1 » In the United States, the Weather Bureau (later renamed the National Weather Service) makes its first official meteorological forecast.
Day of death July 27, 1870
- The temperature on July 27, 1870 was about 26.3 °C. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 62%. 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 4, 1868 till January 4, 1871 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Bosse - Fock with the prime ministers Mr. P.P. van Bosse (liberaal) and Mr. C. Fock (liberaal).
- In the year 1870: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
- January 3 » Construction work begins on the Brooklyn Bridge in New York, United States.
- January 6 » The inauguration of the Musikverein in Vienna, Austria.
- March 30 » Texas is readmitted to the United States Congress following Reconstruction.
- September 4 » Emperor Napoleon III of France is deposed and the Third Republic is declared.
- September 6 » Louisa Ann Swain of Laramie, Wyoming becomes the first woman in the United States to cast a vote legally after 1807.
- September 18 » Old Faithful Geyser is observed and named by Henry D. Washburn.
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- 1865 » Jean-Joseph Dassy, French painter and lithographer (b. 1791)
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