Family tree Eric Esterhuizen » Gerrit Stefanus PRETORIUS (1869-1942)

Christening day January 19, 1870

• The temperature on January 19, 1870 was about -1.1 °C. The air pressure was 16 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east-northeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 71%. Source: KNMI
• Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• From June 4, 1868 till January 4, 1871 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Bosse - Fock with the prime ministers Mr. P.P. van Bosse (liberaal) and Mr. C. Fock (liberaal).
• In the year 1870: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
  • February 9 » US president Ulysses S. Grant signs a joint resolution of Congress establishing the U.S. Weather Bureau.
  • February 15 » Stevens Institute of Technology is founded in New Jersey, USA and offers the first Bachelor of Engineering degree in Mechanical Engineering.
  • May 14 » The first game of rugby in New Zealand is played in Nelson between Nelson College and the Nelson Rugby Football Club.
  • September 3 » Franco-Prussian War: The Siege of Metz begins, resulting in a decisive Prussian victory on October 23.
  • September 4 » Emperor Napoleon III of France is deposed and the Third Republic is declared.
  • September 6 » Louisa Ann Swain of Laramie, Wyoming becomes the first woman in the United States to cast a vote legally after 1807.

Day of marriage June 12, 1923

• The temperature on June 12, 1923 was between 4.8 °C and 17.1 °C and averaged 11.7 °C. There was 1.2 mm of rain. There was 5.9 hours of sunshine (35%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. 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.
  • April 26 » The Duke of York weds Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon at Westminster Abbey.
  • May 26 » The first 24 Hours of Le Mans was held and has since been run annually in June.
  • September 9 » Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the founder of the Republic of Turkey, founds the Republican People's Party.
  • October 15 » The German Rentenmark is introduced in Germany to counter hyperinflation in the Weimar Republic.
  • October 31 » The first of 160 consecutive days of 100° Fahrenheit at Marble Bar, Western Australia.
  • November 11 » Adolf Hitler was arrested in Munich for high treason for his role in the Beer Hall Putsch.

Day of death May 20, 1942

• The temperature on May 20, 1942 was between 6.4 °C and 20.1 °C and averaged 14.4 °C. There was 1.2 mm of rain during 1.4 hours. There was 8.6 hours of sunshine (54%). The average windspeed was 3 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 1942: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 9.0 million citizens.
  • January 13 » World War II: First use of an aircraft ejection seat by a German test pilot in a Heinkel He 280 jet fighter.
  • February 1 » World War II: Josef Terboven, Reichskommissar of German-occupied Norway, appoints Vidkun Quisling the Minister President of the National Government.
  • March 29 » The Bombing of Lübeck in World War II is the first major success for the RAF Bomber Command against Germany and a German city.
  • April 8 » World War II: Siege of Leningrad: Soviet forces open a much-needed railway link to Leningrad.
  • August 24 » World War II: The Battle of the Eastern Solomons. Japanese aircraft carrier Ryūjō is sunk, with the loss of seven officers and 113 crewmen. The US carrier USSEnterprise is heavily damaged.
  • September 12 » World War II: First day of the Battle of Edson's Ridge during the Guadalcanal Campaign. U.S. Marines protecting Henderson Field are attacked by Japanese troops.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1940 » Verner von Heidenstam, Swedish author and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1859)
• 1942 » Hector Guimard, French Architect (b. 1867)
• 1946 » Jacob Ellehammer, Danish pilot and engineer (b. 1871)
• 1947 » Georgios Siantos, Greek sergeant and politician (b. 1890)
• 1947 » Philipp Lenard, Slovak-German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1862)
• 1949 » Damaskinos of Athens, Greek archbishop and politician, 137th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1891)