Family tree Wit en andere families West-Friesland » Jan Wit (1862-1942)

Personal data Jan Wit 


Household of Jan Wit

He is married to Grietje Dekker.

They got married on April 24, 1902 at Nieuwe Niedorp, Noord-Holland, Nederland, he was 40 years old.


Child(ren):

  1. Maartje Wit  1905-1978

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Jan Wit

Arien Wit
1794-1866
Maartje Smit
1797-1858
Jan Helder
Guurtje Klomp
Simon Wit
1835-1912

Jan Wit
1862-1942

1902

Grietje Dekker
1884-1909

Maartje Wit
1905-1978

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    Historical events

    Birthday February 2, 1862

    • The temperature on February 2, 1862 was about 8.0 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 93%. 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 March 14, 1861 till January 31, 1862 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt - Loudon with the prime ministers Mr. J.P.P. baron Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. J. Loudon (liberaal).
    • In The Netherlands , there was from February 1, 1862 to February 10, 1866 the cabinet Thorbecke II, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1862: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
      • March 23 » American Civil War: The First Battle of Kernstown, Virginia, marks the start of Stonewall Jackson's Valley Campaign. Although a Confederate defeat, the engagement distracts Federal efforts to capture Richmond.
      • May 5 » Cinco de Mayo: Troops led by Ignacio Zaragoza halt a French invasion in the Battle of Puebla in Mexico.
      • August 28 » American Civil War: Second Battle of Bull Run, also known as the Battle of Second Manassas. The battle ends on August 30.
      • September 17 » American Civil War: George B. McClellan halts the northward drive of Robert E. Lee's Confederate Army in the single-day Battle of Antietam, the bloodiest day in American military history.
      • November 5 » American Indian Wars: In Minnesota, 303 Dakota warriors are found guilty of rape and murder of whites and are sentenced to hang. 38 are ultimately executed and the others reprieved.
      • November 28 » American Civil War: In the Battle of Cane Hill, Union troops under General James G. Blunt defeat General John Marmaduke's Confederates.

    Day of marriage April 24, 1902

    • The temperature on April 24, 1902 was between 2.6 °C and 16.1 °C and averaged 11.0 °C. There was 6.5 hours of sunshine (45%). 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 1, 1901 to August 16, 1905 the cabinet Kuijper, with Dr. A. Kuijper (AR) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1902: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 5.2 million citizens.
      • January 1 » The first American college football bowl game, the Rose Bowl between Michigan and Stanford, is held in Pasadena, California.
      • January 28 » The Carnegie Institution of Washington is founded in Washington, D.C. with a $10 million gift from Andrew Carnegie.
      • April 2 » "Electric Theatre", the first full-time movie theater in the United States, opens in Los Angeles.
      • June 24 » King Edward VII of the United Kingdom develops appendicitis, delaying his coronation.
      • August 9 » Edward VII and Alexandra of Denmark are crowned King and Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
      • August 22 » Theodore Roosevelt becomes the first President of the United States to make a public appearance in an automobile.

    Day of death May 13, 1942

    • The temperature on May 13, 1942 was between 9.7 °C and 14.1 °C and averaged 11.5 °C. There was 8.4 mm of rain during 6.2 hours. There was 0.3 hours of sunshine (2%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. 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 July 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1942: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 9.0 million citizens.
      • January 11 » World War II: Japanese forces attack Tarakan in Borneo, Netherlands Indies (Battle of Tarakan)
      • May 6 » World War II: On Corregidor, the last American forces in the Philippines surrender to the Japanese.
      • June 7 » World War II: The Battle of Midway ends in American victory.
      • August 19 » World War II: Operation Jubilee: The 2nd Canadian Infantry Division leads an amphibious assault by allied forces on Dieppe, France and fails, many Canadians are killed or captured. The operation was intended to develop and try new amphibious landing tactics for the coming full invasion in Normandy.
      • August 23 » World War II: Beginning of the Battle of Stalingrad.
      • December 24 » World War II: French monarchist, Fernand Bonnier de La Chapelle, assassinates Vichy French Admiral François Darlan in Algiers, Algeria.
    

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