Dreyer Tree » Pieter Hendrik Schalk van der Merwe (????-1912)

Personal data Pieter Hendrik Schalk van der Merwe 


Household of Pieter Hendrik Schalk van der Merwe

He is married to Magdalena Johanna Catharina Opperman.

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Historical events

Day of death May 18, 1912

  • The temperature on May 18, 1912 was between 4.5 °C and 16.8 °C and averaged 11.3 °C. There was 7.0 hours of sunshine (44%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-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 February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1912: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 6.0 million citizens.
    • January 8 » The African National Congress is founded, under the name South African Native National Congress (SANNC).
    • April 2 » The ill-fated RMSTitanic begins sea trials.
    • April 14 » The British passenger liner RMSTitanic hits an iceberg in the North Atlantic at 23:40 (sinks morning of April 15th).
    • September 25 » Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism is founded in New York City.
    • October 26 » First Balkan War: The Ottomans lose the cities of Thessaloniki and Skopje.
    • December 8 » Leaders of the German Empire hold an Imperial War Council to discuss the possibility that war might break out.


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