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Ancestors (and descendant) of Louis van Zijl

Johannes van Zyl
< 1700-1742
Katerina van Eeden
1712-1742
Jean (Jan) Labuschagne
1706-1753
Geesje (Gesina) "Gezina" Steenkamp
< 1723-> 1767

Louis van Zijl
1791-1878


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    1. Meiring Web Site, John Henry Meiring, Louis van Zijl, February 20, 2016
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    Historical events

    Birthday October 7, 1791

    • The temperature on October 7, 1791 was about 11.0 °C. There was 22 mm of rainWind direction mainly west-southwest. Weather type: omtrent helder. Source: KNMI
    • Erfstadhouder Prins Willem V (Willem Batavus) (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1751 till 1795 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
    • In the year 1791: Source: Wikipedia
      • January 25 » The British Parliament passes the Constitutional Act of 1791 and splits the old Province of Quebec into Upper Canada and Lower Canada.
      • June 21 » King Louis XVI of France and his immediate family begin the Flight to Varennes during the French Revolution.
      • August 22 » Beginning of the Haitian Slave Revolution in Saint-Domingue, Haiti.
      • September 14 » The Papal States lose Avignon to Revolutionary France.
      • September 30 » The first performance of Mozart's opera The Magic Flute takes place two months before his death.
      • December 15 » The United States Bill of Rights becomes law when ratified by the Virginia General Assembly.

    Christening day January 10, 1792

    • The temperature on January 10, 1792 was about 3.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken. Source: KNMI
    • Erfstadhouder Prins Willem V (Willem Batavus) (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1751 till 1795 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
    • In the year 1792: Source: Wikipedia
      • January 9 » Treaty of Jassy between Russian and Ottoman Empire is signed.
      • April 2 » The Coinage Act is passed establishing the United States Mint.
      • May 11 » Robert Gray commands the first expedition to sail into the Columbia River.
      • September 11 » The Hope Diamond is stolen along with other French crown jewels when six men break into the house where they are stored.
      • October 3 » A militia departs from the Spanish stronghold of Valdivia to quell a Huilliche uprising in southern Chile.
      • October 29 » Mount Hood (Oregon) is named after Samuel Hood, 1st Viscount Hood by Lt. William E. Broughton who sighted the mountain near the mouth of the Willamette River.

    Day of death August 24, 1878

    • The temperature on August 24, 1878 was about 16.7 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south east. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 89%. 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 year 1878: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
      • February 18 » John Tunstall is murdered by outlaw Jesse Evans, sparking the Lincoln County War in Lincoln County, New Mexico.
      • March 15 » Restoration of the Scottish Catholic hierarchy, broken off back in 1603.
      • May 25 » Gilbert and Sullivan's comic opera H.M.S. Pinafore opens at the Opera Comique in London.
      • September 1 » Emma Nutt becomes the world's first female telephone operator when she is recruited by Alexander Graham Bell to the Boston Telephone Dispatch Company.
      • October 15 » The Edison Electric Light Company begins operation.
      • October 22 » The Bramall Lane stadium sees the first rugby match played under floodlights.
    

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