Family tree Eric Esterhuizen » Frans Hendrik PRETORIUS (1867-1916)

Christening day August 25, 1867

• The temperature on August 25, 1867 was about 26.8 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 47%. 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 1, 1866 till June 4, 1868 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt - Heemskerk with the prime ministers Mr. J.P.J.A. graaf Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt (AR) and Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief).
• In the year 1867: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
  • February 17 » The first ship passes through the Suez Canal.
  • February 28 » Seventy years of Holy See–United States relations are ended by a Congressional ban on federal funding of diplomatic envoys to the Vatican and are not restored until January 10, 1984.
  • March 29 » Queen Victoria gives Royal Assent to the British North America Act which establishes Canada on July 1.
  • March 30 » Alaska is purchased from Russia for $7.2 million, about 2-cent/acre ($4.19/km²), by United States Secretary of State William H. Seward.
  • May 29 » The Austro-Hungarian Compromise of 1867 ("the Compromise") is born through Act 12, which establishes the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
  • November 9 » Tokugawa shogunate hands power back to the Emperor of Japan, starting the Meiji Restoration.

Day of marriage May 12, 1890

• The temperature on May 12, 1890 was about 19.6 °C. The air pressure was 15 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northeast. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 50%. Source: KNMI
• Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• 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 April 21, 1888 to August 21, 1891 the cabinet Mackay, with Mr. A. baron Mackay (AR) as prime minister.
• In the year 1890: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
  • January 22 » The United Mine Workers of America is founded in Columbus, Ohio.
  • June 1 » The United States Census Bureau begins using Herman Hollerith's tabulating machine to count census returns.
  • July 1 » Canada and Bermuda are linked by telegraph cable.
  • July 3 » Idaho is admitted as the 43rd U.S. state.
  • July 27 » Vincent van Gogh shoots himself and dies two days later.
  • October 11 » In Washington, D.C., the Daughters of the American Revolution is founded.

Day of death September 10, 1916

• The temperature on September 10, 1916 was between 12.8 °C and 19.8 °C and averaged 15.1 °C. There was 1.4 hours of sunshine (11%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north. 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 year 1916: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.4 million citizens.
  • January 9 » World War I: The Battle of Gallipoli concludes with an Ottoman Empire victory when the last Allied forces are evacuated from the peninsula.
  • March 8 » World War I: A British force unsuccessfully attempts to relieve the siege of Kut (present-day Iraq) in the Battle of Dujaila.
  • April 24 » Ernest Shackleton and five men of the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition launch a lifeboat from uninhabited Elephant Island in the Southern Ocean to organise a rescue for the crew of the sunken Endurance.
  • June 3 » The National Defense Act is signed into law, increasing the size of the United States National Guard by 450,000 men.
  • June 5 » Louis Brandeis is sworn in as a Justice of the United States Supreme Court; he is the first American Jew to hold such a position.
  • September 27 » Iyasu V is proclaimed deposed as ruler of Ethiopia in a palace coup in favor of his aunt Zewditu.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1905 » Pete Browning, American baseball player (b. 1861)
• 1915 » Bagha Jatin, Indian philosopher and author (b. 1879 )
• 1915 » Charles Boucher de Boucherville, Canadian physician and politician, 3rd Premier of Quebec (b. 1822)
• 1919 » J. F. Archibald, Australian journalist and publisher, founded the Archibald Prize (b. 1856)
• 1922 » Wilfrid Scawen Blunt, English poet and activist (b. 1840)
• 1923 » Sukumar Ray, Indian poet and playwright (b. 1887)