Family tree Eric Esterhuizen » Maria Catharina van der MERWE (1876-1904)

Personal data Maria Catharina van der MERWE 


Household of Maria Catharina van der MERWE

She is married to Gerrit Stefanus PRETORIUS.

They got married on July 16, 1895 at Ladybrand, she was 18 years old.


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Historical events

Birthday October 28, 1876

  • The temperature on October 28, 1876 was about 7.4 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 91%. 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 August 27, 1874 till November 3, 1877 the Netherlands had a cabinet Heemskerk - Van Lijnden van Sandenburg with the prime ministers Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) and Mr. C.Th. baron Van Lijnden van Sandenburg (AR).
  • In the year 1876: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
    • April 17 » Catalpa rescue: The rescue of six Fenian prisoners from Fremantle Prison in Western Australia.
    • May 10 » The Centennial Exposition is opened in Philadelphia.
    • June 4 » An express train called the Transcontinental Express arrives in San Francisco, via the First Transcontinental Railroad only 83 hours and 39 minutes after leaving New York City.
    • November 17 » Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's "Slavonic March" is given its premiere performance in Moscow, Russia.
    • November 25 » American Indian Wars: In retaliation for the American defeat at the Battle of the Little Bighorn, United States Army troops sack the sleeping village of Cheyenne Chief Dull Knife at the headwaters of the Powder River.
    • December 29 » The Ashtabula River railroad disaster occurs, leaving 64 injured and 92 dead at Ashtabula, Ohio.

Day of marriage July 16, 1895

  • The temperature on July 16, 1895 was about 15.5 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 86%. 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 year 1895: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
    • April 8 » In Pollock v. Farmers' Loan & Trust Co. the Supreme Court of the United States declares unapportioned income tax to be unconstitutional.
    • April 24 » Joshua Slocum, the first person to sail single-handedly around the world, sets sail from Boston, Massachusetts aboard the sloop "Spray".
    • September 18 » The Atlanta Exposition Speech on race relations is delivered by Booker T. Washington.
    • October 22 » In Paris an express train derails after overrunning the buffer stop, crossing almost 30 metres (100ft) of concourse before crashing through a wall and falling 10 metres (33ft) to the road below.
    • November 27 » At the Swedish–Norwegian Club in Paris, Alfred Nobel signs his last will and testament, setting aside his estate to establish the Nobel Prize after he dies.
    • December 28 » The Lumière brothers perform for their first paying audience at the Grand Cafe in Boulevard des Capucines.

Day of death May 24, 1904

  • The temperature on May 24, 1904 was between 4.7 °C and 17.7 °C and averaged 12.9 °C. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. 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 year 1904: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.4 million citizens.
    • January 7 » The distress signal "CQD" is established only to be replaced two years later by "SOS".
    • February 9 » Russo-Japanese War: Battle of Port Arthur concludes.
    • February 22 » The United Kingdom sells a meteorological station on the South Orkney Islands to Argentina; the islands are subsequently claimed by the United Kingdom in 1908.
    • May 15 » Russo-Japanese War: The Russian minelayer Amur lays a minefield about 15 miles off Port Arthur and sinks Japan's battleships Hatsuse, 15,000 tons, with 496 crew and Yashima.
    • June 16 » Eugen Schauman assassinates Nikolay Bobrikov, Governor-General of Finland.
    • December 7 » Comparative fuel trials begin between warships HMSSpiteful and HMSPeterel: Spiteful was the first warship powered solely by fuel oil, and the trials led to the obsolescence of coal in ships of the Royal Navy.


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