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Personal data Peter Hendrik Watney 


Household of Peter Hendrik Watney

He is married to Johanna Hendrina Dreyer.

They got married on December 17, 1901 at Cape Town, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa, he was 31 years old.

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    Historical events

    Birthday February 13, 1870

    • The temperature on February 13, 1870 was about -4.2 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 37 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 64%. 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 June 4, 1868 till January 4, 1871 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Bosse - Fock with the prime ministers Mr. P.P. van Bosse (liberaal) and Mr. C. Fock (liberaal).
    • In the year 1870: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
      • May 12 » The Manitoba Act is given the Royal Assent, paving the way for Manitoba to become a province of Canada on July 15.
      • August 8 » The Republic of Ploiești, a failed Radical-Liberal rising against Domnitor Carol of Romania.
      • September 4 » Emperor Napoleon III of France is deposed and the Third Republic is declared.
      • October 7 » Franco-Prussian War: Léon Gambetta escapes the siege of Paris in a hot-air balloon.
      • November 1 » In the United States, the Weather Bureau (later renamed the National Weather Service) makes its first official meteorological forecast.
      • December 12 » Joseph H. Rainey of South Carolina becomes the second black U.S. congressman.

    Day of marriage December 17, 1901

    • The temperature on December 17, 1901 was between -6.9 °C and 0.3 °C and averaged -3.6 °C. There was 3.9 hours of sunshine (50%). 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 Netherlands , there was from August 1, 1901 to August 16, 1905 the cabinet Kuijper, with Dr. A. Kuijper (AR) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1901: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 5.2 million citizens.
      • January 1 » Nigeria becomes a British protectorate.
      • January 10 » The first great Texas oil gusher is discovered at Spindletop in Beaumont, Texas.
      • July 24 » O. Henry is released from prison in Columbus, Ohio, after serving three years for embezzlement from a bank.
      • September 17 » Second Boer War: A Boer column defeats a British force at the Battle of Blood River Poort.
      • November 8 » Gospel riots: Bloody clashes take place in Athens following the translation of the Gospels into demotic Greek.
      • November 27 » The U.S. Army War College is established.

    Day of death August 2, 1904

    • The temperature on August 2, 1904 was between 11.7 °C and 24.1 °C and averaged 18.5 °C. There was 11.5 hours of sunshine (74%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. 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 August 1, 1901 to August 16, 1905 the cabinet Kuijper, with Dr. A. Kuijper (AR) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1904: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 5.4 million citizens.
      • January 8 » The Blackstone Library is dedicated, marking the beginning of the Chicago Public Library system.
      • January 23 » Ålesund Fire: the Norwegian coastal town Ålesund is devastated by fire, leaving 10,000 people homeless and one person dead. Kaiser Wilhelm II funds the rebuilding of the town in Jugendstil style.
      • February 17 » Madama Butterfly receives its première at La Scala in Milan.
      • May 9 » The steam locomotive City of Truro becomes the first steam engine in Europe to exceed 100mph (160km/h).
      • June 15 » A fire aboard the steamboat SSGeneral Slocum in New York City's East River kills 1,000.
      • December 6 » Theodore Roosevelt articulated his "Corollary" to the Monroe Doctrine, stating that the U.S. would intervene in the Western Hemisphere should Latin American governments prove incapable or unstable.
    

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