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Personal data Gerrit Wit 


Household of Gerrit Wit

He is married to Geertruida Koster.

They got married on August 26, 1883 at Alkmaar, Noord-Holland, Nederland, he was 23 years old.


Child(ren):

  1. Willem Wit  1886-1886
  2. Johanna Alida Wit  1887-????
  3. Alida Wit  1888-????
  4. Maria Catharina Wit  1889-????
  5. Gerrit Wit  1890-1891

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Gerrit Wit

Gerrit Wit
1782-1833
Willem Wit
1829-1920

Gerrit Wit
1859-1911

1883
Willem Wit
1886-1886
Alida Wit
1888-????
Gerrit Wit
1890-1891

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    Historical events

    • The temperature on September 15, 1859 was about 8.7 °C. There was 4 mm of rain. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 100%. Source: KNMI
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      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 March 18, 1858 till February 23, 1860 the Netherlands had a cabinet Rochussen - Van Bosse with the prime ministers J.J. Rochussen (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. P.P. van Bosse (liberaal).
    • In the year 1859: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 3.3 million citizens.
      • February 19 » Daniel E. Sickles, a New York Congressman, is acquitted of murder on grounds of temporary insanity.
      • April 4 » Bryant's Minstrels debut "Dixie" in New York City in the finale of a blackface minstrel show.
      • May 4 » The Cornwall Railway opens across the Royal Albert Bridge linking Devon and Cornwall in England.
      • June 30 » French acrobat Charles Blondin crosses Niagara Falls on a tightrope.
      • August 16 » The Grand Duchy of Tuscany formally deposes the exiled House of Lorraine.
      • December 2 » Militant abolitionist leader John Brown is hanged for his October 16 raid on Harpers Ferry, West Virginia.
    • The temperature on August 26, 1883 was about 24.9 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 52%. 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 August 20, 1879 to April 23, 1883 the cabinet Van Lijnden van Sandenburg, with Mr. C.Th. baron Van Lijnden van Sandenburg (conservatief-AR) as prime minister.
    • 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 1883: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
      • May 20 » Krakatoa begins to erupt; the volcano explodes three months later, killing more than 36,000 people.
      • May 30 » In New York City, a stampede on the recently opened Brooklyn Bridge killed twelve people.
      • August 25 » France and Viet Nam sign the Treaty of Huế, recognizing a French protectorate over Annam and Tonkin.
      • October 4 » First run of the Orient Express.
      • October 22 » Mödling and Hinterbrühl Tram, Vienna, Austria, first electric tram powered by overhead wire.
      • November 18 » American and Canadian railroads institute five standard continental time zones, ending the confusion of thousands of local times.
    • The temperature on November 14, 1911 was between 4.0 °C and 11.0 °C and averaged 6.9 °C. There was 6.5 hours of sunshine (73%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. 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 February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1911: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 6.0 million citizens.
      • May 9 » The works of Gabriele D'Annunzio are placed in the Index of Forbidden Books by the Vatican.
      • May 19 » Parks Canada, the world's first national park service, is established as the Dominion Parks Branch under the Department of the Interior.
      • May 31 » The RMS Titanic is launched in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
      • September 7 » French poet Guillaume Apollinaire is arrested and put in jail on suspicion of stealing the Mona Lisa from the Louvre museum.
      • November 3 » Chevrolet officially enters the automobile market in competition with the Ford Model T.
      • November 11 » Many cities in the Midwestern United States break their record highs and lows on the same day as a strong cold front rolls through.
    

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