Family tree Eric Esterhuizen » David Hermanus Schalk PRETORIUS (1894-1974)

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Household of David Hermanus Schalk PRETORIUS

He is married to Hester Maria KRITZINGER.

They got married on January 31, 1923 at Vrede OFS, he was 28 years old.


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  • The temperature on September 23, 1894 was about 13.1 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 94%. 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 August 21, 1891 to May 9, 1894 the cabinet Van Tienhoven, with Mr. G. van Tienhoven (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
  • 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 1894: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
    • January 7 » Thomas Edison makes a kinetoscopic film of someone sneezing. On the same day, his employee, William Kennedy Dickson, receives a patent for motion picture film.
    • February 12 » Anarchist Émile Henry hurls a bomb into the Cafe Terminus in Paris, killing one person and wounding 20.
    • June 24 » Marie François Sadi Carnot is assassinated by Sante Geronimo Caserio.
    • July 4 » The short-lived Republic of Hawaii is proclaimed by Sanford B. Dole.
    • August 22 » Mahatma Gandhi forms the Natal Indian Congress (NIC) in order to fight discrimination against Indian traders in Natal.
    • September 15 » First Sino-Japanese War: Japan defeats Qing dynasty China in the Battle of Pyongyang.
  • The temperature on January 31, 1923 was between 5.0 °C and 9.7 °C and averaged 8.6 °C. There was 2.7 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. 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 September 19, 1922 to August 4, 1925 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck II, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1923: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 7.1 million citizens.
    • January 9 » Juan de la Cierva makes the first autogyro flight.
    • February 10 » Texas Tech University is founded as Texas Technological College in Lubbock, Texas
    • February 15 » Greece becomes the last European country to adopt the Gregorian calendar.
    • April 15 » Insulin becomes generally available for use by people with diabetes.
    • July 24 » The Treaty of Lausanne, settling the boundaries of modern Turkey, is signed in Switzerland by Greece, Bulgaria and other countries that fought in World War I.
    • October 16 » The Walt Disney Company is founded.
  • The temperature on August 2, 1974 was between 8.6 °C and 20.7 °C and averaged 15.5 °C. There was 0.6 mm of rain during 0.6 hours. There was 4.9 hours of sunshine (32%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Juliana (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from September 4, 1948 till April 30, 1980 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from Friday, May 11, 1973 to Monday, December 19, 1977 the cabinet Den Uyl, with Drs. J.M. den Uyl (PvdA) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1974: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 13.5 million citizens.
    • February 22 » The Organisation of the Islamic Conference summit begins in Lahore, Pakistan. Thirty-seven countries attend and twenty-two heads of state and government participate. It also recognizes Bangladesh.
    • April 3 » The 1974 Super Outbreak occurs, the second biggest tornado outbreak in recorded history (after the 2011 Super Outbreak). The death toll is 315, with nearly 5,500 injured.
    • May 18 » Nuclear weapons testing: Under project Smiling Buddha, India successfully detonates its first nuclear weapon becoming the sixth nation to do so.
    • August 5 » Vietnam War: The U.S. Congress places a $1billion limit on military aid to South Vietnam.
    • December 1 » TWA Flight 514, a Boeing 727, crashes northwest of Dulles International Airport, killing all 92 people on board.
    • December 13 » Malta becomes a republic within the Commonwealth of Nations.


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  • 1972 » Helen Hoyt, American poet and author (b. 1887)
  • 1972 » Paul Goodman, American psychotherapist and author (b. 1911)
  • 1973 » Jean-Pierre Melville, French actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1917)
  • 1974 » Douglas Hawkes, English race car driver and businessman (b. 1893)
  • 1976 » László Kalmár, Hungarian mathematician and academic (b. 1905)

About the surname PRETORIUS


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Gert Esterhuizen, "Family tree Eric Esterhuizen", database, Genealogy Online (https://www.genealogieonline.nl/stamboom-eric-esterhuizen/I15541.php : accessed February 25, 2026), "David Hermanus Schalk PRETORIUS (1894-1974)".