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He is married to Hester Germina de Wet.

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Willem Petrus Retief

Paulus "Paul Paúwl" Retief
1714-????
Dorothea Melius
< 1717-????
Willem Joubert
1733-1796
Agatha Blom
1727-1774

Willem Petrus Retief
1785-1865


Hester Germina de Wet
1787-1808

Paul Johannes Retief
1807-????

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    Historical events

    Birthday September 3, 1785

    • The temperature on September 3, 1785 was about 19.0 °C. Wind 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 1785: Source: Wikipedia
      • January 7 » Frenchman Jean-Pierre Blanchard and American John Jeffries travel from Dover, England, to Calais, France, in a gas balloon.
      • January 20 » Invading Siamese forces attempt to exploit the political chaos in Vietnam, but are ambushed and annihilated at the Mekong river by the Tây Sơn in the Battle of Rạch Gầm-Xoài Mút.
      • January 27 » The University of Georgia is founded, the first public university in the United States.
      • November 28 » The first Treaty of Hopewell is signed, by which the United States acknowledges Cherokee lands in what is now East Tennessee.

    Day of death January 30, 1865

    • The temperature on January 30, 1865 was about -0.5 °C. The air pressure was 2.5 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the east-southeast. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 75%. 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 year 1865: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
      • March 2 » East Cape War: The Völkner Incident in New Zealand.
      • April 27 » The New York State Senate creates Cornell University as the state's land grant institution.
      • April 27 » The Sultana explodes and sinks in the United States' worst maritime disaster.
      • May 10 » American Civil War: In Kentucky, Union soldiers ambush and mortally wound Confederate raider William Quantrill, who lingers until his death on June 6.
      • December 17 » First performance of the Unfinished Symphony by Franz Schubert.
      • December 24 » Jonathan Shank and Barry Ownby form The Ku Klux Klan.
    

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