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Personal data Pieter Wit 


Household of Pieter Wit

He is married to Maartje Mijlis.

They got married on July 20, 1899 at Sloterdijk, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland, he was 23 years old.


Child(ren):

  1. Cornelis Wit  1899-1981 
  2. Elisabeth Wit  1902- 

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Historical events

  • The temperature on March 9, 1876 was about 4.9 °C. There was 3 mm of rain. The air pressure was 8 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 73 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 81%. 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 August 27, 1874 till November 3, 1877 the Netherlands had a cabinet Heemskerk - Van Lijnden van Sandenburg with the prime ministers Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) and Mr. C.Th. baron Van Lijnden van Sandenburg (AR).
  • In the year 1876: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
    • February 2 » The National League of Professional Baseball Clubs of Major League Baseball is formed.
    • February 14 » Alexander Graham Bell applies for a patent for the telephone, as does Elisha Gray.
    • May 2 » The April Uprising breaks out in Ottoman Bulgaria.
    • August 31 » Ottoman Sultan Murad V is deposed and succeeded by his brother Abdul Hamid II.
    • October 4 » The Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas opens as the first public college in Texas.
    • November 25 » American Indian Wars: In retaliation for the American defeat at the Battle of the Little Bighorn, United States Army troops sack the sleeping village of Cheyenne Chief Dull Knife at the headwaters of the Powder River.
  • The temperature on July 20, 1899 was about 23.9 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 65%. 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, 1897 to August 1, 1901 the cabinet Pierson, with Mr. N.G. Pierson (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1899: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
    • February 16 » Iceland's first football club, Knattspyrnufélag Reykjavíkur, is founded.
    • March 4 » Cyclone Mahina sweeps in north of Cooktown, Queensland, with a 12 metres (39ft) wave that reaches up to 5 kilometres (3.1mi) inland, killing over 300.
    • May 8 » The Irish Literary Theatre in Dublin produced its first play.
    • June 12 » New Richmond tornado: The eighth deadliest tornado in U.S. history kills 117 people and injures around 200.
    • September 13 » Henry Bliss is the first person in the United States to be killed in an automobile accident.
    • December 11 » Second Boer War: In the Battle of Magersfontein the Boers commanded by general Piet Cronjé inflict a defeat on the forces of the British Empire commanded by Lord Methuen trying to relieve the Siege of Kimberley.
  • The temperature on August 20, 1955 was between 13.0 °C and 27.7 °C and averaged 20.9 °C. There was 11.5 hours of sunshine (80%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast. 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 1955: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 10.7 million citizens.
    • June 14 » Chile becomes a signatory to the Buenos Aires copyright treaty.
    • October 29 » The Soviet battleshipNovorossiysk strikes a World War II mine in the harbor at Sevastopol.
    • November 1 » The Vietnam War begins.
    • November 5 » After being destroyed in World War II, the rebuilt Vienna State Opera reopens with a performance of Beethoven's Fidelio.
    • December 5 » E. D. Nixon and Rosa Parks lead the Montgomery Bus Boycott.
    • December 8 » The Flag of Europe is adopted by Council of Europe.


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