Family tree Eric Esterhuizen » Roelof Marthinus PRETORIUS (1896-????)
Personal data Roelof Marthinus PRETORIUS
- He was born on March 28, 1896.
- He was christened on May 3, 1896 in Bultfontein.
- A child of Petrus Hermanus PRETORIUS and Hendrina Maria BRITS
- This information was last updated on September 18, 2010.
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Birthday March 28, 1896
- The temperature on March 28, 1896 was about 4.7 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 95%. Source: KNMI
- Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
- Regentes Emma (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1898 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
- In The Netherlands , there was from May 9, 1894 to July 27, 1897 the cabinet Roëll, with Jonkheer mr. J. Roëll (oud-liberaal) as prime minister.
- In the year 1896: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
- May 26 » Charles Dow publishes the first edition of the Dow Jones Industrial Average.
- June 4 » Henry Ford completes the Ford Quadricycle, his first gasoline-powered automobile, and gives it a successful test run.
- June 15 » The deadliest tsunami in Japan's history kills more than 22,000 people.
- September 22 » Queen Victoria surpasses her grandfather King George III as the longest reigning monarch in British history.
- December 17 » Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania's Schenley Park Casino, which was the first multi-purpose arena with the technology to create an artificial ice surface in North America, is destroyed in a fire.
- December 30 » Filipino patriot and reform advocate José Rizal is executed by a Spanish firing squad in Manila.
Christening day May 3, 1896
- The temperature on May 3, 1896 was about 12.1 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 67%. Source: KNMI
- Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
- Regentes Emma (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1898 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
- In The Netherlands , there was from May 9, 1894 to July 27, 1897 the cabinet Roëll, with Jonkheer mr. J. Roëll (oud-liberaal) as prime minister.
- In the year 1896: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
- January 18 » An X-ray generating machine is exhibited for the first time by H. L. Smith.
- January 28 » Walter Arnold of East Peckham, Kent, becomes the first person to be convicted of speeding. He was fined one shilling, plus costs, for speeding at 8mph (13km/h), thereby exceeding the contemporary speed limit of 2mph (3.2km/h).
- March 20 » With the approval of Emperor Guangxu, the Qing dynasty post office is opened, marking the beginning of a postal service in China.
- July 9 » William Jennings Bryan delivers his Cross of Gold speech advocating bimetallism at the 1896 Democratic National Convention in Chicago.
- July 28 » The city of Miami, Florida is incorporated.
- December 17 » Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania's Schenley Park Casino, which was the first multi-purpose arena with the technology to create an artificial ice surface in North America, is destroyed in a fire.
Same birth/death day
- 1895 » Ángela Ruiz Robles, Spanish teacher, writer and inventor, pioneer of the electronic book († 1975)
- 1895 » Christian Herter, American politician, 53rd United States Secretary of State († 1966)
- 1895 » Donald Grey Barnhouse, American pastor and theologian († 1960)
- 1895 » Spencer W. Kimball, American religious leader, 12th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints († 1985)
- 1897 » Sepp Herberger, German footballer and manager († 1977)
- 1897 » Tillie Voss, American football player († 1975)
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Gert Esterhuizen, "Family tree Eric Esterhuizen", database, Genealogy Online (https://www.genealogieonline.nl/stamboom-eric-esterhuizen/I15192.php : accessed January 7, 2026), "Roelof Marthinus PRETORIUS (1896-????)".