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Personal data Machiel Wit 


Household of Machiel Wit

He is married to Neeltje Kouwenberg.

They got married on June 6, 1900 at Sint Maarten, Noord-Holland, Nederland, he was 21 years old.


Child(ren):

  1. Simon Wit  1900-1982
  2. Pieter Wit  1903-1977 
  3. Neeltje Wit  1905-
  4. Jan Wit  1910- 

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Machiel Wit

Jan Wit
1813-1888
Louris Snip
1816-1869
Simon Wit
1841-1922
Maartje Snip
1846-1928

Machiel Wit
1878-1960

1900
Simon Wit
1900-1982
Pieter Wit
1903-1977
Jan Wit
1910-

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    Historical events

    • The temperature on September 19, 1878 was about 14.5 °C. The air pressure was 16 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 60%. 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 November 3, 1877 to August 20, 1879 the cabinet Kappeijne van de Coppello, with Mr. J. Kappeijne van de Coppello (liberaal) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1878: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
      • January 9 » Umberto I becomes King of Italy.
      • March 15 » Restoration of the Scottish Catholic hierarchy, broken off back in 1603.
      • March 24 » The British frigate HMSEurydice sinks, killing more than 300.
      • May 25 » Gilbert and Sullivan's comic opera H.M.S. Pinafore opens at the Opera Comique in London.
      • June 15 » Eadweard Muybridge takes a series of photographs to prove that all four feet of a horse leave the ground when it runs; the study becomes the basis of motion pictures.
      • September 3 » Over 640 die when the crowded pleasure boat Princess Alice collides with the Bywell Castle in the River Thames.
    • The temperature on June 6, 1900 was about 14.4 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 87%. 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 1900: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
      • January 2 » American statesman and diplomat John Hay announces the Open Door Policy to promote trade with China.
      • January 24 » Second Boer War: Boers stop a British attempt to break the Siege of Ladysmith in the Battle of Spion Kop.
      • March 16 » Sir Arthur Evans purchased the land around the ruins of Knossos, the largest Bronze Age archaeological site on Crete.
      • May 24 » Second Boer War: The United Kingdom annexes the Orange Free State.
      • July 19 » The first line of the Paris Métro opens for operation.
      • September 8 » Galveston hurricane: A powerful hurricane hits Galveston, Texas killing about 8,000 people.
    • The temperature on July 21, 1960 was between 10.2 °C and 19.8 °C and averaged 14.7 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain during 0.9 hours. There was 6.7 hours of sunshine (42%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south. 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 May 19, 1959 to July 24, 1964 the cabinet De Quay, with Prof. dr. J.E. de Quay (KVP) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1960: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 11.4 million citizens.
      • January 21 » A coal mine collapses at Holly Country, South Africa, killing 435 miners.
      • January 21 » Avianca Flight 671 crashes at Montego Bay, Jamaica airport, killing 37 people.
      • February 3 » British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan speaks of "a wind of change", signalling that his Government was likely to support decolonisation.
      • April 4 » France agrees to grant independence to the Mali Federation, a union of Senegal and French Sudan.
      • May 11 » Adolf Eichmann is captured by the Mossad in Argentina.
      • July 11 » France legislates for the independence of Dahomey (later Benin), Upper Volta (later Burkina) and Niger.
    

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    • 1966 » Philipp Frank, Austrian-American physicist, mathematician, and philosopher, Vienna Circle member (b. 1884)
    • 1967 » Albert Lutuli, South African academic and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1898)
    • 1967 » Basil Rathbone, South African-American actor and singer (b. 1892)
    • 1967 » Jimmie Foxx, American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1907)
    • 1968 » Ruth St. Denis, American dancer and choreographer (b. 1878)

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