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Personal data Petrus Gerhardus Lourens g2 


Household of Petrus Gerhardus Lourens g2

He is married to Olivia Johanna Debora Dreyer.

They got married on September 12, 1916 at Cape Town, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa, he was 37 years old.


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Birthday September 2, 1879

  • The temperature on September 2, 1879 was about 18.2 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 56%. 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 Netherlands , there was from August 20, 1879 to April 23, 1883 the cabinet Van Lijnden van Sandenburg, with Mr. C.Th. baron Van Lijnden van Sandenburg (conservatief-AR) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1879: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
    • January 11 » The Anglo-Zulu War begins.
    • February 14 » The War of the Pacific breaks out when the Chilean Army occupies the Bolivian port city of Antofagasta.
    • February 15 » Women's rights: US President Rutherford B. Hayes signs a bill allowing female attorneys to argue cases before the Supreme Court of the United States.
    • July 4 » Anglo-Zulu War: The Zululand capital of Ulundi is captured by British troops and burned to the ground, ending the war and forcing King Cetshwayo to flee.
    • August 28 » Cetshwayo, last king of the Zulus, is captured by the British.
    • December 28 » Tay Bridge disaster: The central part of the Tay Rail Bridge in Dundee, Scotland, United Kingdom collapses as a train passes over it, killing 75.

Day of marriage September 12, 1916

  • The temperature on September 12, 1916 was between 8.7 °C and 19.2 °C and averaged 14.3 °C. There was 4.1 hours of sunshine (32%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. 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 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1916: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 6.4 million citizens.
    • January 10 » World War I: In the Erzurum Offensive, Russia defeats the Ottoman Empire.
    • January 27 » World War I: The British government passed a legislation that introduced conscription in the United Kingdom.
    • April 24 » Ernest Shackleton and five men of the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition launch a lifeboat from uninhabited Elephant Island in the Southern Ocean to organise a rescue for the crew of the sunken Endurance.
    • June 5 » World War I: The Arab Revolt against the Ottoman Empire breaks out.
    • December 23 » World War I: Battle of Magdhaba: Allied forces defeat Turkish forces in the Sinai Peninsula.
    • December 30 » The last coronation in Hungary is performed for King Charles IV and Queen Zita.

Day of death April 15, 1960

  • The temperature on April 15, 1960 was between 3.1 °C and 10.5 °C and averaged 7.4 °C. There was 8.0 hours of sunshine (58%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. 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 6 » The Associations Law comes into force in Iraq, allowing registration of political parties.
    • January 18 » Capital Airlines Flight 20 crashes into a farm in Charles City County, Virginia, killing all 50 aboard, the third fatal Capital Airlines crash in as many years.
    • January 30 » The African National Party is founded in Chad, through the merger of traditionalist parties.
    • May 1 » Formation of the western Indian states of Gujarat and Maharashtra; also known as "Maharashtra Day".
    • August 12 » Echo 1A, NASA's first successful communications satellite, is launched.
    • August 19 » Sputnik program: Korabl-Sputnik 2: The Soviet Union launches the satellite with the dogs Belka and Strelka, 40 mice, two rats and a variety of plants.


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