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Ancestors (and descendant) of Peter DeWitt

Izaak deVeij
1822-1886
Janna Louret
1819-1895
John DeWitt
1856-1938
Maria DeVey
1858-1939

Peter DeWitt
1884-1969


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  1. Find-A-Grave website
  2. Dirk and Peter DeWitt gravestone, Oostburg Cemetery, Holland Township, Sheboygan County, Wisconsin

Historical events

Birthday December 25, 1884

  • The temperature on December 25, 1884 was about 0.6 °C. There was 2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 92%. 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 April 23, 1884 to April 21, 1888 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1884: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
    • February 1 » The first volume (A to Ant) of the Oxford English Dictionary is published.
    • March 27 » A mob in Cincinnati, Ohio, attacks members of a jury which had returned a verdict of manslaughter in what was seen as a clear case of murder; over the next few days the mob would riot and eventually destroy the courthouse.
    • April 20 » Pope Leo XIII publishes the encyclical Humanum genus.
    • May 1 » Moses Fleetwood Walker becomes the first black person to play in a professional baseball game in the United States.
    • May 31 » The arrival at Plymouth of Tāwhiao, King of Maoris, to claim the protection of Queen Victoria.
    • July 3 » Dow Jones & Company publishes its first stock average.

Day of death April 2, 1969

  • The temperature on April 2, 1969 was between 2.3 °C and 7.7 °C and averaged 4.4 °C. There was 4.6 hours of sunshine (35%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north. 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 April 5, 1967 to Tuesday, July 6, 1971 the cabinet De Jong, with P.J.S. de Jong (KVP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1969: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 12.8 million citizens.
    • January 25 » Brazilian Army captain Carlos Lamarca deserts in order to fight against the military dictatorship, taking with him ten machine guns and 63 rifles.
    • February 4 » Yasser Arafat takes over as chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization.
    • March 28 » Greek poet and Nobel Prize laureate Giorgos Seferis makes a famous statement on the BBC World Service opposing the junta in Greece.
    • April 17 » Communist Party of Czechoslovakia chairman Alexander Dubček is deposed.
    • June 22 » The Cuyahoga River catches fire in Cleveland, Ohio, drawing national attention to water pollution, and spurring the passing of the Clean Water Act and the creation of the Environmental Protection Agency.
    • December 4 » Black Panther Party members Fred Hampton and Mark Clark are shot and killed during a raid by 14 Chicago police officers.


Same birth/death day

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  • 1883 » Hugo Bergmann, Czech-Israeli philosopher and academic († 1975)
  • 1884 » Evelyn Nesbit, American model and actress († 1967)
  • 1884 » Samuel Berger, American boxer († 1925)
  • 1886 » Kid Ory, American trombonist and bandleader († 1973)
  • 1886 » Malak Hifni Nasif, Egyptian poet and activist († 1918)

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