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Ancestors (and descendant) of Willem Johannes Louw

Jacobus Adriaan Louw
1771-1804
Elizabeth Grundling
1773-????
Melt van der Spuy
1797-1850
Elsie Jacoba Mostert
1798-1839

Willem Johannes Louw
1862-1897


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    Birthday April 29, 1862

    • The temperature on April 29, 1862 was about 14.4 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 59%. 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 March 14, 1861 till January 31, 1862 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt - Loudon with the prime ministers Mr. J.P.P. baron Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. J. Loudon (liberaal).
    • In The Netherlands , there was from February 1, 1862 to February 10, 1866 the cabinet Thorbecke II, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1862: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
      • April 16 » American Civil War: Battle at Lee's Mills in Virginia.
      • May 20 » U.S. President Abraham Lincoln signs the Homestead Act into law, opening 84million acres of public land to settlers.
      • June 19 » The U.S. Congress prohibits slavery in United States territories, nullifying Dred Scott v. Sandford.
      • July 12 » The Medal of Honor is authorized by the United States Congress.
      • August 17 » American Civil War: Major General J. E. B. Stuart is assigned command of all the cavalry of the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia.
      • November 7 » American Civil War: Union General Ambrose Burnside was assigned to command the Army of the Potomac in Antietam, Maryland. After Union General George B. McClellan refused to pursue Confederate General Robert E. Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia after their retreat from the Battle of Antietam.

    Day of death February 26, 1897

    • The temperature on February 26, 1897 was about 9.2 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 92%. Source: KNMI
    • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
    • Regentes Emma (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1898 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
    • In The Netherlands , there was from May 9, 1894 to July 27, 1897 the cabinet Roëll, with Jonkheer mr. J. Roëll (oud-liberaal) as prime minister.
    • 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 year 1897: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
      • April 30 » J. J. Thomson of the Cavendish Laboratory announces his discovery of the electron as a subatomic particle, over 1,800 times smaller than a proton (in the atomic nucleus), at a lecture at the Royal Institution in London.
      • August 31 » Thomas Edison patents the Kinetoscope, the first movie projector.
      • September 11 » After months of pursuit, generals of Menelik II of Ethiopia capture Gaki Sherocho, the last king of Kaffa, bringing an end to that ancient kingdom.
      • December 6 » London becomes the world's first city to host licensed taxicabs.
      • December 9 » Activist Marguerite Durand founds the feminist daily newspaper La Fronde in Paris.
      • December 30 » The British Colony of Natal annexes Zululand.
    

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