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Household of Abraham Jacobus PRETORIUS

He is married to Gertruida Cornelia POTGIETER.

They got married on February 12, 1905 at Jacobsdal, he was 32 years old.

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    Birthday August 24, 1872

    • The temperature on August 24, 1872 was about 15.8 °C. The atmospheric humidity was 77%. 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 January 4, 1871 to July 6, 1872 the cabinet Thorbecke III, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
    • From July 6, 1872 till August 27, 1874 the Netherlands had a cabinet De Vries - Fransen van de Putte with the prime ministers Mr. G. de Vries Azn. (liberaal) and I.D. Fransen van de Putte (liberaal).
    • In the year 1872: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
      • March 5 » George Westinghouse patents the air brake.
      • March 11 » Construction of the Seven Sisters Colliery, South Wales, begins; located on one of the richest coal sources in Britain.
      • April 10 » The first Arbor Day is celebrated in Nebraska.
      • June 14 » Trade unions are legalized in Canada.
      • July 18 » The Ballot Act 1872 in the United Kingdom introduced the requirement that parliamentary and local government elections be held by secret ballot.
      • November 29 » American Indian Wars: The Modoc War begins with the Battle of Lost River.

    Christening day November 3, 1872

    • There was 7 mm of rain. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southwest. The atmospheric humidity was 95%. 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 January 4, 1871 to July 6, 1872 the cabinet Thorbecke III, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
    • From July 6, 1872 till August 27, 1874 the Netherlands had a cabinet De Vries - Fransen van de Putte with the prime ministers Mr. G. de Vries Azn. (liberaal) and I.D. Fransen van de Putte (liberaal).
    • In the year 1872: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
      • March 5 » George Westinghouse patents the air brake.
      • March 11 » Construction of the Seven Sisters Colliery, South Wales, begins; located on one of the richest coal sources in Britain.
      • May 22 » Reconstruction Era: President Ulysses S. Grant signs the Amnesty Act into law, restoring full civil and political rights to all but about 500 Confederate sympathizers.
      • November 9 » The Great Boston Fire of 1872.
      • November 29 » American Indian Wars: The Modoc War begins with the Battle of Lost River.
      • December 21 » Challenger expedition: HMSChallenger, commanded by Captain George Nares, sails from Portsmouth, England.

    Day of marriage February 12, 1905

    • The temperature on February 12, 1905 was between -2.8 °C and 2.5 °C and averaged -0.5 °C. There was 5.9 hours of sunshine (61%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest. 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 August 1, 1901 to August 16, 1905 the cabinet Kuijper, with Dr. A. Kuijper (AR) as prime minister.
    • In The Netherlands , there was from August 17, 1905 to February 11, 1908 the cabinet De Meester, with Mr. Th. de Meester (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1905: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 5.5 million citizens.
      • March 23 » Eleftherios Venizelos calls for Crete's union with Greece, and begins what is to be known as the Theriso revolt.
      • April 4 » In India, an earthquake hits the Kangra Valley, killing 20,000, and destroying most buildings in Kangra, McLeod Ganj and Dharamshala.
      • June 27 » During the Russo-Japanese War, sailors start a mutiny aboard the Russian battleship Potemkin.
      • September 26 » Albert Einstein publishes the third of his Annus Mirabilis papers, introducing the special theory of relativity.
      • October 30 » Czar Nicholas II issues the October Manifesto, granting the Russian peoples basic civil liberties and the right to form a duma. (October 17 in the Julian calendar)
      • November 12 » Norway holds a referendum resulting in popular approval of the Storting's decision to authorise the government to make the offer of the throne of the newly independent country.
    

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