Family tree Wit en andere families West-Friesland » Pieter Wit (1846-1939)
Personal data Pieter Wit
- He was born on August 8, 1846 in Winkel, Noord-Holland, Nederland.
- He died on March 10, 1939 in Nieuwe Niedorp, Noord-Holland, Nederland, he was 92 years old.
- A child of Pieter Wit and Trijntje Bakker
- This information was last updated on January 17, 2018.
Household of Pieter Wit
He is married to Klaartje Ridder.
They got married on May 14, 1871 at Nieuwe Niedorp, Noord-Holland, Nederland, he was 24 years old.
Child(ren):
- Trijntje Wit 1876-????
- Jantje Wit 1878-????
- Geesje Wit 1881-1964
- Marie Wit 1893-????
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Relationship Pieter Wit
- Pieter Wit is the 5th great grandson of Meijndert Wit:
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Historical events
Birthday August 8, 1846
- The temperature on August 8, 1846 was about 22.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west-southwest. Weather type: half bewolkt. 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 year 1846: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 3.1 million citizens.
- January 31 » After the Milwaukee Bridge War, the United States towns of Juneautown and Kilbourntown unify to create the City of Milwaukee.
- February 4 » The first Mormon pioneers make their exodus from Nauvoo, Illinois, westward towards Salt Lake Valley.
- February 10 » First Anglo-Sikh War: Battle of Sobraon: British defeat Sikhs in the final battle of the war.
- August 10 » The Smithsonian Institution is chartered by the United States Congress after James Smithson donates $500,000.
- September 19 » Two French shepherd children, Mélanie Calvat and Maximin Giraud, experience a Marian apparition on a mountaintop near La Salette, France, now known as Our Lady of La Salette.
- October 10 » Triton, the largest moon of the planet Neptune, is discovered by English astronomer William Lassell.
Day of marriage May 14, 1871
- The temperature on May 14, 1871 was about 10.5 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the north-northwest. The atmospheric humidity was 56%. 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 Netherlands , there was from January 4, 1871 to July 6, 1872 the cabinet Thorbecke III, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
- In the year 1871: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
- March 21 » Otto von Bismarck is appointed as the first Chancellor of the German Empire.
- March 22 » In North Carolina, William Woods Holden becomes the first governor of a U.S. state to be removed from office by impeachment.
- March 29 » Royal Albert Hall is opened by Queen Victoria.
- June 10 » Sinmiyangyo: Captain McLane Tilton leads 109 US Marines in a naval attack on Han River forts on Kanghwa Island, Korea.
- September 20 » Bishop John Coleridge Patteson, first bishop of Melanesia, is martyred on Nukapu, now in the Solomon Islands.
- October 8 » The Great Chicago Fire and the much deadlier Peshtigo Fire break out.
Day of death March 10, 1939
- The temperature on March 10, 1939 was between 0.9 °C and 10.0 °C and averaged 5.4 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. There was 5.0 hours of sunshine (44%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north. 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 June 24, 1937 to July 25, 1939 the cabinet Colijn IV, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
- In The Netherlands , there was from July 25, 1939 to August 10, 1939 the cabinet Colijn V, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
- In The Netherlands , there was from August 10, 1939 to September 3, 1940 the cabinet De Geer II, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
- In the year 1939: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 8.7 million citizens.
- January 27 » First flight of the Lockheed P-38 Lightning.
- May 14 » Lina Medina becomes the youngest confirmed mother in medical history at the age of five.
- June 17 » Last public guillotining in France: Eugen Weidmann, a convicted murderer, is executed in Versailles outside the Saint-Pierre prison.
- August 31 » Nazi Germany mounts a false flag attack on the Gleiwitz radio station, creating an excuse to attack Poland the following day, thus starting World War II in Europe.
- September 18 » World War II: The radio show Germany Calling begins transmitting Nazi propaganda.
- December 4 » World War II: HMSNelson is struck by a mine (laid by U-31) off the Scottish coast and is laid up for repairs until August 1940.
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- 1857 » Cécile Chaminade, French pianist and composer († 1944)
- 1866 » Matthew Henson, American explorer († 1955)
- 1937 » Yevgeny Zamyatin, Russian journalist and author (b. 1884)
- 1940 » Mikhail Bulgakov, Russian novelist and playwright (b. 1891)
- 1942 » Wilbur Scoville, American pharmacist and chemist (b. 1865)
- 1948 » Jan Masaryk, Czech soldier and politician (b. 1886)
- 1948 » Zelda Fitzgerald, American author, poet, and dancer (b. 1900)
- 1951 » Kijūrō Shidehara, Japanese lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1872)
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