Family tree Kueter » Klaas WIT (1837-????)
Personal data Klaas WIT
- He was born on January 2, 1837 in Winkel.
- A child of Dirk WIT and Elizabeth BAKKER
- This information was last updated on January 13, 2004.
Household of Klaas WIT
He is married to Jantje OTTO.
They got married on May 5, 1861 at Winkel, he was 24 years old.
Child(ren):
- Grietje WIT 1861-????
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Historical events
Birthday January 2, 1837
- The temperature on January 2, 1837 was about 5.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west-northwest. Weather type: betrokken regen. 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).
- In the year 1837: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 2.9 million citizens.
- February 8 » Richard Johnson becomes the first Vice President of the United States chosen by the United States Senate.
- March 4 » The city of Chicago is incorporated.
- July 4 » Grand Junction Railway, the world's first long-distance railway, opens between Birmingham and Liverpool.
- July 25 » The first commercial use of an electrical telegraph is successfully demonstrated in London by William Cooke and Charles Wheatstone.
- September 18 » Tiffany & Co. (first named Tiffany & Young) is founded by Charles Lewis Tiffany and Teddy Young in New York City. The store is called a "stationery and fancy goods emporium".
- November 17 » An earthquake in Valdivia, south-central Chile, causes a tsunami that leads to significant destruction along Japan's coast.
Day of marriage May 5, 1861
- The temperature on May 5, 1861 was about 4.7 °C. There was 0.6 mm of rain. The air pressure was 12 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 67%. 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 February 23, 1860 till March 14, 1861 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Hall - Van Heemstra with the prime ministers Mr. F.A. baron Van Hall (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. S. baron Van Heemstra (liberaal).
- 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 year 1861: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
- January 10 » American Civil War: Florida becomes the third state to secede from the Union.
- February 10 » Jefferson Davis is notified by telegraph that he has been chosen as provisional President of the Confederate States of America.
- March 4 » The first national flag of the Confederate States of America (the "Stars and Bars") is adopted.
- May 20 » American Civil War: The state of Kentucky proclaims its neutrality, which will last until September 3 when Confederate forces enter the state. Meanwhile, the State of North Carolina secedes from the Union.
- December 4 » The 109 Electors of the several states of the Confederate States of America unanimously elect Jefferson Davis as President and Alexander H. Stephens as Vice President.
- December 26 » American Civil War: The Trent Affair: Confederate diplomatic envoys James Murray Mason and John Slidell are freed by the United States government, thus heading off a possible war between the United States and the United Kingdom.
Same birth/death day
- 1822 » Rudolf Clausius, Polish-German physicist and mathematician († 1888)
- 1827 » Pyotr Semyonov-Tyan-Shansky, Russian geographer and statistician († 1914)
- 1833 » Frederick A. Johnson, American banker and politician († 1893)
- 1836 » Mendele Mocher Sforim, Russian author († 1917)
- 1836 » Queen Emma of Hawaii († 1885)
- 1837 » Mily Balakirev, Russian pianist and composer († 1910)
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