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Personal data Johannes Jacobus Grobler 

  • He was born on January 24, 1850 in Burghersdorp, Kaap, Suid Afrika.
  • He died on September 20, 1882 in Langverwacht Standerton Zuid Afrikaanse Republiek, he was 32 years old.

Household of Johannes Jacobus Grobler

He is married to Margaretha Gertruida Smit.

They got married in the year 1870, he was 19 years old.

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Birthday January 24, 1850

  • The temperature on January 24, 1850 was about 2.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west-southwest. Weather type: mistig. Source: KNMI
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    De Republiek der Verenigde Nederlanden werd in 1794-1795 door de Fransen veroverd onder leiding van bevelhebber Charles Pichegru (geholpen door de Nederlander Herman Willem Daendels); de verovering werd vergemakkelijkt door het dichtvriezen van de Waterlinie; Willem V moest op 18 januari 1795 uitwijken naar Engeland (en van daaruit in 1801 naar Duitsland); de patriotten namen de macht over van de aristocratische regenten en proclameerden de Bataafsche Republiek; op 16 mei 1795 werd het Haags Verdrag gesloten, waarmee ons land een vazalstaat werd van Frankrijk; in 3.1796 kwam er een Nationale Vergadering; in 1798 pleegde Daendels een staatsgreep, die de unitarissen aan de macht bracht; er kwam een nieuwe grondwet, die een Vertegenwoordigend Lichaam (met een Eerste en Tweede Kamer) instelde en als regering een Directoire; in 1799 sloeg Daendels bij Castricum een Brits-Russische invasie af; in 1801 kwam er een nieuwe grondwet; bij de Vrede van Amiens (1802) kreeg ons land van Engeland zijn koloniën terug (behalve Ceylon); na de grondwetswijziging van 1805 kwam er een raadpensionaris als eenhoofdig gezag, namelijk Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck (van 31 oktober 1761 tot 25 maart 1825).
  • In The Netherlands , there was from November 1, 1849 to April 19, 1853 the cabinet Thorbecke I, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1850: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.1 million citizens.
    • April 4 » A large part of the English village of Cottenham burns to the ground in suspicious circumstances.
    • April 4 » Los Angeles is incorporated as a city.
    • May 15 » The Arana–Southern Treaty is ratified, ending "the existing differences" between Great Britain and Argentina.
    • July 9 » Persian prophet Báb is executed in Tabriz, Persia.
    • September 9 » California is admitted as the thirty-first U.S. state.
    • September 9 » The Compromise of 1850 transfers a third of Texas's claimed territory (now parts of Colorado, Kansas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Wyoming) to federal control in return for the U.S. federal government assuming $10 million of Texas's pre-annexation debt.

Day of death September 20, 1882

  • The temperature on September 20, 1882 was about 16.8 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the east-southeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 63%. 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 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 1882: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
    • March 24 » Robert Koch announces the discovery of Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the bacterium responsible for tuberculosis.
    • March 29 » The Knights of Columbus is established.
    • August 20 » Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture debuts in Moscow, Russia.
    • September 5 » Tottenham Hotspur, a Premier League football club from North London, is founded (as Hotspur F.C.).
    • September 13 » Anglo-Egyptian War: The Battle of Tel el-Kebir is fought.
    • October 16 » The Nickel Plate Railroad opens for business.


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