Family tree Eric Esterhuizen » Elsje Elizabeth de LEEUW (1897-1981)

Personal data Elsje Elizabeth de LEEUW 


Household of Elsje Elizabeth de LEEUW

She is married to Petrus Stephanus PRETORIUS.

They got married on January 8, 1918 at Hartbeesfontein, she was 20 years old.


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Birthday November 7, 1897

  • The temperature on November 7, 1897 was about 10.8 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 72%. 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 Netherlands , there was from July 27, 1897 to August 1, 1901 the cabinet Pierson, with Mr. N.G. Pierson (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1897: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
    • January 31 » Czechoslav Trade Union Association is founded in Prague.
    • February 28 » Queen Ranavalona III, the last monarch of Madagascar, is deposed by a French military force.
    • May 26 » The original manuscript of William Bradford's history, "Of Plymouth Plantation" is returned to the Governor of Massachusetts by the Bishop of London after being taken during the American Revolutionary War.
    • July 26 » Anglo-Afghan War: The Pashtun fakir Saidullah leads an army of more than 10,000 to begin a siege of the British garrison in the Malakand Agency of the North West Frontier Province of India.
    • August 10 » German chemist Felix Hoffmann discovers an improved way of synthesizing acetylsalicylic acid (aspirin).
    • December 30 » The British Colony of Natal annexes Zululand.

Day of marriage January 8, 1918

  • The temperature on January 8, 1918 was between -4.5 °C and 1.2 °C and averaged -2.4 °C. There was 1.3 mm of rain. There was 1.8 hours of sunshine (23%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-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 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from September 9, 1918 to September 18, 1922 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck I, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1918: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 6.6 million citizens.
    • January 24 » The Gregorian calendar is introduced in Russia by decree of the Council of People's Commissars effective February 14 (New Style).
    • March 19 » The US Congress establishes time zones and approves daylight saving time.
    • April 1 » The Royal Air Force is created by the merger of the Royal Flying Corps and the Royal Naval Air Service.
    • June 22 » The Hammond Circus Train Wreck kills 86 and injures 127 near Hammond, Indiana.
    • August 31 » World War I: Start of the Battle of Mont Saint-Quentin, a successful assault by the Australian Corps during the Hundred Days Offensive.
    • December 16 » Vincas Mickevičius-Kapsukas declares the formation of the Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic; it is dissolved in 1919.

Day of death April 23, 1981

  • The temperature on April 23, 1981 was between -3.3 °C and 7.6 °C and averaged 2.6 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 0.1 hours. There was 9.2 hours of sunshine (64%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Beatrix (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from April 30, 1980 till April 30, 2013 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, December 19, 1977 to Friday, September 11, 1981 the cabinet Van Agt I, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA/KVP) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from Friday, September 11, 1981 to Saturday, May 29, 1982 the cabinet Van Agt II, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1981: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 14.2 million citizens.
    • February 23 » In Spain, Antonio Tejero attempts a coup d'état by capturing the Spanish Congress of Deputies.
    • March 11 » Hundreds of students protest in the University of Pristina in Kosovo, then part of Yugoslavia, to give their province more political rights. The protests then became a nationwide movement.
    • June 16 » US President Ronald Reagan awards the Congressional Gold Medal to Ken Taylor, Canada's former ambassador to Iran, for helping six Americans escape from Iran during the hostage crisis of 1979–81; he is the first foreign citizen bestowed the honor.
    • June 18 » The Lockheed F-117 Nighthawk, the first operational aircraft initially designed around stealth technology, makes its first flight.
    • August 22 » Far Eastern Air Transport Flight 103 disintegrates in mid-air and crashes in Sanyi Township, Miaoli County, Taiwan. All 110 people on board are killed.
    • December 11 » El Mozote massacre: Armed forces in El Salvador kill an estimated 900 civilians in an anti-guerrilla campaign during the Salvadoran Civil War.


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  • 1984 » Red Garland, American pianist (b. 1923)
  • 1985 » Frank Farrell, Australian rugby league player and policeman (b. 1916)
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  • 1986 » Harold Arlen, American composer (b. 1905)

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