Family tree Wit en andere families West-Friesland » Cornelis Wit (1855-1931)
Personal data Cornelis Wit
- He was born on May 18, 1855 in Winkel, Noord-Holland, Nederland.
- Occupations:
- Melkboer.
- Werkman.
- He died on October 14, 1931 in Denver, Verenigde Staten, he was 76 years old.
- A child of Louris Wit and Neeltje Reuzen
- This information was last updated on November 16, 2007.
Household of Cornelis Wit
He is married to Saartje de Boer.
They got married on February 16, 1888 at Broek op Langedijk, Noord-Holland, Nederland, he was 32 years old.
Child(ren):
- Neeltje Wit 1888-1889
- Antje Wit 1891-????
- Neeltje Wit 1893-????
- Trijntje Wit 1900-
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Relationship Cornelis Wit
- Cornelis Wit is the 5th great grandson of Meijndert Wit:
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Historical events
Birthday May 18, 1855
- The temperature on May 18, 1855 was about 16.1 °C. The air pressure was 0.5 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The atmospheric humidity was 50%. 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).
- From April 19, 1853 till July 1, 1856 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Hall - Donker Curtius with the prime ministers Mr. F.A. baron Van Hall (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. D. Donker Curtius (conservatief-liberaal).
- In the year 1855: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 3.3 million citizens.
- January 28 » A locomotive on the Panama Canal Railway runs from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean for the first time.
- February 12 » Michigan State University is established.
- February 22 » The Pennsylvania State University is founded in State College, Pennsylvania (as the Farmers' High School of Pennsylvania).
- June 4 » Major Henry C. Wayne departs New York aboard the USSSupply to procure camels to establish the U.S. Camel Corps.
- July 1 » Signing of the Quinault Treaty: The Quinault and the Quileute cede their land to the United States.
- September 29 » The Philippine port of Iloilo is opened to world trade by the Spanish administration.
Day of marriage February 16, 1888
- The temperature on February 16, 1888 was about 0.1 °C. The air pressure was 75 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the north-northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 91%. 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 Netherlands , there was from April 21, 1888 to August 21, 1891 the cabinet Mackay, with Mr. A. baron Mackay (AR) as prime minister.
- In the year 1888: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
- March 23 » In England, The Football League, the world's oldest professional association football league, meets for the first time.
- May 12 » In Southeast Asia, the North Borneo Chartered Company's territories become the British protectorate of North Borneo.
- June 5 » The Rio de la Plata earthquake takes place.
- August 5 » Bertha Benz drives from Mannheim to Pforzheim and back in the first long distance automobile trip, commemorated as the Bertha Benz Memorial Route since 2008.
- September 22 » The first issue of National Geographic Magazine is published.
- October 29 » The Convention of Constantinople is signed, guaranteeing free maritime passage through the Suez Canal during war and peace.
Day of death October 14, 1931
- The temperature on October 14, 1931 was between 6.6 °C and 13.4 °C and averaged 9.8 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain during 0.1 hours. There was 2.1 hours of sunshine (19%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest. 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 10, 1929 to May 26, 1933 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck III, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
- In the year 1931: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 7.9 million citizens.
- March 5 » The British Raj: Gandhi–Irwin Pact is signed.
- March 11 » Ready for Labour and Defence of the USSR, abbreviated as GTO, is introduced in the Soviet Union.
- March 14 » Alam Ara, India's first talking film, is released.
- May 1 » The Empire State Building is dedicated in New York City.
- May 14 » Five unarmed civilians are killed in the Ådalen shootings, as the Swedish military is called in to deal with protesting workers.
- May 29 » Michele Schirru, a citizen of the United States, is executed by Italian military firing squad for intent to kill Benito Mussolini.
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- 1923 » Marcellus Emants, Dutch-Swiss author, poet, and playwright (b. 1848)
- 1929 » Henri Berger, German composer and bandleader (b. 1844)
- 1930 » Samuel van Houten, Dutch lawyer and politician, Dutch Minister of the Interior (b. 1837)
- 1942 » Noboru Yamaguchi, Japanese mob boss (b. 1902)
- 1943 » Sobibór uprising:
- 1944 » Erwin Rommel, German field marshal (b. 1891)
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