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Personal data Cornelia Dorothea Pretorius 


Household of Cornelia Dorothea Pretorius

She is married to Johannes Augustus van Zyl.

They got married.

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Historical events

Birthday July 6, 1882

  • The temperature on July 6, 1882 was about 14.6 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 91%. 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.
    • April 25 » French and Vietnamese troops clashed in Tonkin, when Commandant Henri Rivière seized the citadel of Hanoi with a small force of marine infantry.
    • May 6 » Thomas Henry Burke and Lord Frederick Cavendish are stabbed to death by Fenian assassins in Phoenix Park, Dublin.
    • June 28 » The Anglo-French Convention of 1882 marks the territorial boundaries between Guinea and Sierra Leone.
    • July 26 » Premiere of Richard Wagner's opera Parsifal at Bayreuth.
    • October 16 » The Nickel Plate Railroad opens for business.
    • December 6 » Transit of Venus, second and last of the 19th century.

Day of death March 21, 1964

  • The temperature on March 21, 1964 was between 4.8 °C and 12.8 °C and averaged 8.6 °C. There was 3.7 mm of rain during 1.1 hours. There was 2.3 hours of sunshine (19%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Juliana (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from September 4, 1948 till April 30, 1980 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from July 24, 1963 to April 14, 1965 the cabinet Marijnen, with Mr. V.G.M. Marijnen (KVP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1964: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 12.0 million citizens.
    • January 13 » Anti-Muslim riots break out in Calcutta, resulting in 100 deaths.
    • January 30 » In a bloodless coup, General Nguyễn Khánh overthrows General Dương Văn Minh's military junta in South Vietnam.
    • March 1 » Villarrica Volcano begins a strombolian eruption causing lahars that destroy half of the town of Coñaripe.
    • July 6 » Malawi declares its independence from the United Kingdom.
    • July 27 » Vietnam War: Five thousand more American military advisers are sent to South Vietnam bringing the total number of United States forces in Vietnam to 21,000.
    • December 5 » Vietnam War: For his heroism in battle earlier in the year, Captain Roger Donlon is awarded the first Medal of Honor of the war.


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About the surname Pretorius


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