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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 2 » Big Bottom massacre in the Ohio Country, North America, marking the beginning of the Northwest Indian War.
      • March 4 » The Constitutional Act of 1791 is introduced by the British House of Commons in London which envisages the separation of Canada into Lower Canada (Quebec) and Upper Canada (Ontario).
      • June 21 » King Louis XVI of France and his immediate family begin the Flight to Varennes during the French Revolution.
      • July 17 » Members of the French National Guard under the command of General Lafayette open fire on a crowd of radical Jacobins at the Champ de Mars, Paris, during the French Revolution, killing scores of people.
      • September 27 » The National Assembly votes to award full citizenship to Jews in France.
      • November 4 » Northwest Indian War: The Western Confederacy of American Indians wins a major victory over the United States in the Battle of the Wabash.

    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
      • April 25 » Highwayman Nicolas J. Pelletier becomes the first person executed by guillotine.
      • April 28 » France invades the Austrian Netherlands (present day Belgium and Luxembourg), beginning the French Revolutionary Wars.
      • May 17 » The New York Stock Exchange is formed under the Buttonwood Agreement.
      • August 13 » King Louis XVI of France is formally arrested by the National Tribunal, and declared an enemy of the people.
      • 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 13 » In Washington, D.C., the cornerstone of the United States Executive Mansion (known as the White House since 1818) is laid.

    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.
      • January 4 » Russo-Turkish War (1877–78): Sofia is liberated from Ottoman rule and designated the capital of Liberated Bulgaria.
      • February 19 » Thomas Edison patents the phonograph.
      • March 24 » The British frigate HMSEurydice sinks, killing more than 300.
      • June 4 » Cyprus Convention: The Ottoman Empire cedes Cyprus to the United Kingdom but retains nominal title.
      • 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.
      • November 17 » First assassination attempt against Umberto I of Italy by anarchist Giovanni Passannante, who was armed with a dagger. The King survived with a slight wound in an arm. Prime Minister Benedetto Cairoli blocked the aggressor, receiving an injury in a leg.
    

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