Family tree Van Dijk » Pieter de Wit (1774-1853)
Personal data Pieter de Wit
Sources 1, 2- He was born on September 28, 1774 in Maassluis, Gemeente Maassluis, Zuid-Holland, Nederland.
- He died on September 3, 1853, he was 78 years old.
- A child of Martinus de Wit and Catharina van Steenhoven
Household of Pieter de Wit
He is married to Anna Zijlmans.
They got married
Child(ren):
- Theresia de Wit 1811-1839
- Catharina de Wit 1802-1867
- Simon de Wit 1804-????
- Jacobus de Wit 1809-????
- Henricus (Hendrik) de Wit 1807-????
- Pitronella de Wit 1817-1878
- Johannes de Wit 1809-1891
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Sources
- Oomen Web Site, Ad Oomen, Pieter de Wit, July 1, 2011
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Stamboom: Oomen - velthoven Web Site, avel van velthoven, Pieter de Wit, December 11, 2013
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Historical events
Birthday September 28, 1774
- The temperature on September 28, 1774 was about 9.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south east. Weather type: betrokken. Source: KNMI
- Erfstadhouder Prins Willem V (Willem Batavus) (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1751 till 1795 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
- In the year 1774: Source: Wikipedia
- March 31 » American Revolutionary War: The Kingdom of Great Britain orders the port of Boston, Massachusetts closed pursuant to the Boston Port Act.
- June 2 » Intolerable Acts: The Quartering Act is enacted, allowing a governor in colonial America to house British soldiers in uninhabited houses, outhouses, barns, or other buildings if suitable quarters are not provided.
- August 1 » British scientist Joseph Priestley discovers oxygen gas, corroborating the prior discovery of this element by German-Swedish chemist Carl Wilhelm Scheele.
- September 1 » Massachusetts Bay colonists rise up in the bloodless Powder Alarm.
- September 4 » New Caledonia is first sighted by Europeans, during the second voyage of Captain James Cook.
- October 21 » The flag of Taunton, Massachusetts is the first to include the word "Liberty".
Day of death September 3, 1853
- The temperature on September 3, 1853 was about 15.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north-northwest. Weather type: 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 Netherlands , there was from November 1, 1849 to April 19, 1853 the cabinet Thorbecke I, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
- From April 19, 1853 till July 1, 1856 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Hall - Donker Curtius with the prime ministers Mr. F.A. baron Van Hall (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. D. Donker Curtius (conservatief-liberaal).
- In the year 1853: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 3.3 million citizens.
- February 22 » Washington University in St. Louis is founded as Eliot Seminary in St. Louis, Missouri.
- March 19 » The Taiping reform movement occupies and makes Nanjing its capital until 1864.
- July 2 » The Russian Army crosses the Pruth river into the Danubian Principalities, Moldavia and Wallachia—providing the spark that will set off the Crimean War.
- July 14 » Opening of the first major US world's fair, the Exhibition of the Industry of All Nations in New York City.
- July 25 » Joaquin Murrieta, the famous Californio bandit known as the "Robin Hood of El Dorado", is killed.
- October 4 » The Crimean War begins when the Ottoman Empire declares war on the Russian Empire.
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- 1746 » William Jones, English-Welsh philologist and scholar († 1794)
- 1765 » Frederick Christian II, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg († 1814)
- 1803 » Prosper Mérimée, French archaeologist, historian, and author († 1870)
- 1809 » Alvan Wentworth Chapman, American physician and botanist († 1899)
- 1819 » Narcís Monturiol, Spanish engineer and publisher († 1885)
- 1857 » John McLoughlin, Canadian-American businessman (b. 1784)
- 1866 » Konstantin Flavitsky, Russian painter (b. 1830)
- 1877 » Adolphe Thiers, French historian and politician, 2nd President of France (b. 1797)
- 1883 » Ivan Turgenev, Russian author and playwright (b. 1818)
- 1886 » William W. Snow, American lawyer and politician (b. 1812)
- 1893 » James Harrison, Scottish-Australian engineer, journalist, and politician (b. 1816)
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F. van Dijk, "Family tree Van Dijk", database, Genealogy Online (https://www.genealogieonline.nl/stamboom_van_dijk/R25959.php : accessed January 18, 2026), "Pieter de Wit (1774-1853)".