Family tree Eric Esterhuizen » Jacoba Wilhelmina van ZYL (1865-1944)

Personal data Jacoba Wilhelmina van ZYL 

  • She was born in the year 1865.
  • She died on December 16, 1944 in Chronic Sick Home, Hillcrest, Durban, she was 79 years old.
  • This information was last updated on September 6, 2010.

Household of Jacoba Wilhelmina van ZYL

She is married to Marthinus Wessel PRETORIUS.

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Historical events

Day of death December 16, 1944

  • The temperature on December 16, 1944 was between -0.2 °C and 6.0 °C and averaged 3.0 °C. There was 1.4 mm of rain during 1.8 hours. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from July 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1944: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 9.1 million citizens.
    • February 14 » World War II: In the Action of 14 February 1944, a Royal Navy submarine sinks a German-controlled Italian submarine in the Strait of Malacca.
    • March 5 » World War II: The Red Army begins the Uman–Botoșani Offensive in the western Ukrainian SSR.
    • August 21 » World War II: Canadian and Polish units capture the strategically important town of Falaise, Calvados, France.
    • September 8 » World War II: London is hit by a V-2 rocket for the first time.
    • October 20 » Liquefied natural gas leaks from storage tanks in Cleveland and then explodes, leveling 30 blocks and killing 130 people.
    • November 10 » The ammunition ship USSMount Hood explodes at Seeadler Harbour, Manus, Admiralty Islands, killing at least 432 and wounding 371.


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