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Household of Gerrit Jan Wit

He is married to Hendrika Crispijn.

They got married on July 16, 1918 at Jisp, Noord-Holland, Nederland, he was 22 years old.


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Ancestors (and descendant) of Gerrit Jan Wit

Gerrit Wit
1834-1904
Hendrik Wit
1863-1925

Gerrit Jan Wit
1895-1954

1918

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    Historical events

    • The temperature on October 24, 1895 was about 2.9 °C. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 75%. 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 May 9, 1894 to July 27, 1897 the cabinet Roëll, with Jonkheer mr. J. Roëll (oud-liberaal) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1895: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
      • June 20 » The Kiel Canal, crossing the base of the Jutland peninsula and the busiest artificial waterway in the world, is officially opened.
      • August 31 » German Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin patents his navigable balloon.
      • September 3 » John Brallier becomes the first openly professional American football player, when he was paid US$10 by David Berry, to play for the Latrobe Athletic Association in a 12-0 win over the Jeanette Athletic Association.
      • October 8 » Korean Empress Myeongseong is assassinated by Japanese infiltrators.
      • October 22 » In Paris an express train derails after overrunning the buffer stop, crossing almost 30 metres (100ft) of concourse before crashing through a wall and falling 10 metres (33ft) to the road below.
      • November 8 » While experimenting with electricity, Wilhelm Röntgen discovers the X-ray.
    • The temperature on July 16, 1918 was between 15.0 °C and 25.5 °C and averaged 19.5 °C. There was 25.9 mm of rain. There was 6.0 hours of sunshine (37%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-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 August 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
    • 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 1918: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 6.6 million citizens.
      • February 1 » Russia adopts the Gregorian calendar.
      • May 2 » General Motors acquires the Chevrolet Motor Company of Delaware.
      • June 24 » First airmail service in Canada from Montreal to Toronto.
      • July 17 » The RMSCarpathia, the ship that rescued the 705 survivors from the RMSTitanic, is sunk off Ireland by the German SMU-55; five lives are lost.
      • November 4 » World War I: The Armistice of Villa Giusti between Italy and Austria-Hungary is implemented.
      • November 14 » Czechoslovakia becomes a republic.
    • The temperature on March 24, 1954 was between 4.2 °C and 11.2 °C and averaged 8.0 °C. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) 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)
    • In The Netherlands , there was from September 2, 1952 to October 13, 1956 the cabinet Drees II, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1954: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 10.6 million citizens.
      • February 23 » The first mass inoculation of children against polio with the Salk vaccine begins in Pittsburgh.
      • April 8 » South African Airways Flight 201 A de Havilland DH.106 Comet 1 crashes into the sea during night killing 21 people.
      • April 18 » Gamal Abdel Nasser seizes power in Egypt.
      • July 15 » First flight of the Boeing 367-80, prototype for both the Boeing 707 and C-135 series.
      • September 9 » The 6.7 Mw  Chlef earthquake shakes northern Algeria with a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI (Extreme). At least 1,243 people were killed and 5,000 were injured.
      • November 27 » Alger Hiss is released from prison after serving 44 months for perjury.
    

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