Family tree Eric Esterhuizen » Marthinus Wessel PRETORIUS (1775-????)

Personal data Marthinus Wessel PRETORIUS 


Household of Marthinus Wessel PRETORIUS

Waarschuwing Attention: Wife (Maria Christina PRETORIUS) is also his cousin.

(1) He is married to Maria Christina PRETORIUS.

They got married on September 30, 1792, he was 17 years old.


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(2) He is married to Elizabeth PRETORIUS.

They got married on June 5, 1831 at Cradock, he was 56 years old.

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    Historical events

    Christening day March 12, 1775

    • The temperature on March 12, 1775 was about 11.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west-southwest. Weather type: geheel 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 1775: Source: Wikipedia
      • February 9 » American Revolutionary War: The British Parliament declares Massachusetts in rebellion.
      • June 11 » The American Revolutionary War's first naval engagement, the Battle of Machias, results in the capture of a small British naval vessel.
      • July 8 » The Olive Branch Petition is signed by the Continental Congress of the Thirteen Colonies of North America.
      • October 27 » King George III expands on his Proclamation of Rebellion in the Thirteen Colonies in his speech from the throne at the opening of Parliament.
      • November 10 » The United States Marine Corps is founded at Tun Tavern in Philadelphia by Samuel Nicholas.
      • December 31 » American Revolutionary War: Battle of Quebec: British forces repulse an attack by Continental Army General Richard Montgomery.

    Day of marriage June 5, 1831

    • The temperature on June 5, 1831 was about 15.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west. Weather type: half bewolkt regen winderig. Source: KNMI
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      De Republiek der Verenigde Nederlanden werd in 1794-1795 door de Fransen veroverd onder leiding van bevelhebber Charles Pichegru (geholpen door de Nederlander Herman Willem Daendels); de verovering werd vergemakkelijkt door het dichtvriezen van de Waterlinie; Willem V moest op 18 januari 1795 uitwijken naar Engeland (en van daaruit in 1801 naar Duitsland); de patriotten namen de macht over van de aristocratische regenten en proclameerden de Bataafsche Republiek; op 16 mei 1795 werd het Haags Verdrag gesloten, waarmee ons land een vazalstaat werd van Frankrijk; in 3.1796 kwam er een Nationale Vergadering; in 1798 pleegde Daendels een staatsgreep, die de unitarissen aan de macht bracht; er kwam een nieuwe grondwet, die een Vertegenwoordigend Lichaam (met een Eerste en Tweede Kamer) instelde en als regering een Directoire; in 1799 sloeg Daendels bij Castricum een Brits-Russische invasie af; in 1801 kwam er een nieuwe grondwet; bij de Vrede van Amiens (1802) kreeg ons land van Engeland zijn koloniën terug (behalve Ceylon); na de grondwetswijziging van 1805 kwam er een raadpensionaris als eenhoofdig gezag, namelijk Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck (van 31 oktober 1761 tot 25 maart 1825).
    • In the year 1831: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 2.9 million citizens.
      • February 14 » Ras Marye of Yejju marches into Tigray and defeats and kills Dejazmach Sabagadis in the Battle of Debre Abbay.
      • April 12 » Soldiers marching on the Broughton Suspension Bridge in Manchester, England, cause it to collapse.
      • August 12 » French intervention forces William I of the Netherlands to abandon his attempt to suppress the Belgian Revolution.
      • October 30 » Nat Turner is arrested for leading the bloodiest slave rebellion in United States history.
      • November 11 » In Jerusalem, Virginia, Nat Turner is hanged after inciting a violent slave uprising.
      • December 31 » Gramercy Park is deeded to New York City.

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