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Personal data Daniel Hendrik Potgieter 


Household of Daniel Hendrik Potgieter

He is married to Anna Sophia Cecelia van Zyl.

They got married on September 3, 1866 at Graaff-Reinet Western District Eastern Cape South, he was 21 years old.


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    Historical events

    Day of marriage September 3, 1866

    • The temperature on September 3, 1866 was about 10.7 °C. There was 6 mm of rain. The air pressure was 5.5 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 94%. 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 February 1, 1862 to February 10, 1866 the cabinet Thorbecke II, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
    • In The Netherlands , there was from February 10, 1866 to June 1, 1866 the cabinet Fransen van de Putte, with I.D. Fransen van de Putte (liberaal) as prime minister.
    • From June 1, 1866 till June 4, 1868 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt - Heemskerk with the prime ministers Mr. J.P.J.A. graaf Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt (AR) and Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief).
    • In the year 1866: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
      • February 16 » Spencer Compton Cavendish, Marquess of Hartington becomes British Secretary of State for War.
      • May 22 » Oliver Winchester founded the Winchester Repeating Arms
      • June 2 » The Fenians defeat Canadian forces at Ridgeway and Fort Erie, but the raids end soon after.
      • July 27 » The first permanent transatlantic telegraph cable is successfully completed, stretching from Valentia Island, Ireland, to Heart's Content, Newfoundland.
      • August 23 » Austro-Prussian War ends with the Treaty of Prague.
      • September 22 » The Battle of Curupayty is Paraguay's only significant victory in the Paraguayan War.

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