Dreyer Tree » Johannes `jan` Pretorius SV/PROG (1642-1694)

Personal data Johannes `jan` Pretorius SV/PROG 


Household of Johannes `jan` Pretorius SV/PROG

(1) He is married to Johanna Victor.

They got married on February 28, 1677 at Kaap de Goede Hoop, Suid-Afrika, he was 34 years old.


Child(ren):

  1. Josina Pretorius  1678-1713 
  2. Johannes Pretorius  ± 1680-1732 
  3. Wessel Pretorius  1714-< 1752 


(2) He is married to Geertuijda Menthing Meyntjies.

They got married on November 18, 1673 at Kaap de Goede Hoop, Suid-Afrika, he was 31 years old.


Child(ren):

  1. Wessel Pretorius  1674-1713 


Child(ren):

  1. Loduwijck Pretorius  1688-????
  2. Elisabeth Pretorius  1690-± 1730


Notes about Johannes `jan` Pretorius SV/PROG

Johannes PRETORIUS (eers Joannes Preatorius) is die Stamvader van die Pretoriusse in Suid Afrika:

Oudste seun van twee seuns en vyf dogters van Wesselius, gedoop 16 Okt 1642 te Oudd

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  • Stadhouder Prins Frederik Hendrik (Huis van Oranje) was from 1625 till 1647 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
  • In the year 1642: Source: Wikipedia
    • May 17 » Paul de Chomedey, Sieur de Maisonneuve (1612–1676) founds the Ville Marie de Montréal.
    • May 30 » From this date all honors granted by Charles I of England are retroactively annulled by Parliament.
    • August 22 » Charles I raises his standard in Nottingham, which marks the beginning of the English Civil War.
    • November 13 » First English Civil War: Battle of Turnham Green: The Royalist forces withdraw in the face of the Parliamentarian army and fail to take London.
    • November 24 » Abel Tasman becomes the first European to discover the island Van Diemen's Land (later renamed Tasmania).
    • December 13 » Abel Tasman is the first recorded European to sight New Zealand.
  • Stadhouder Prins Willem III (Huis van Oranje) was from 1672 till 1702 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
  • In the year 1673: Source: Wikipedia
    • May 17 » Louis Jolliet and Jacques Marquette begin exploring the Mississippi River.
    • June 17 » French explorers Jacques Marquette and Louis Jolliet reach the Mississippi River and become the first Europeans to make a detailed account of its course.
    • November 11 » Second Battle of Khotyn in Ukraine: Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth forces under the command of Jan Sobieski defeat the Ottoman army. In this battle, rockets made by Kazimierz Siemienowicz are successfully used.
  • Stadhouder Prins Willem III (Huis van Oranje) was from 1672 till 1702 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
  • In the year 1694: Source: Wikipedia
    • February 6 » The warrior queen Dandara, leader of the runaway slaves in Quilombo dos Palmares, Brazil, is captured and commits suicide rather than be returned to a life of slavery.
    • July 27 » A Royal charter is granted to the Bank of England.


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