Family tree Eric Esterhuizen » Jan Gabriel PRETORIUS (1871-1957)
Personal data Jan Gabriel PRETORIUS
- He was born on August 26, 1871 in Kraankuil, Hopetown.
- He died on January 22, 1957 in Bethlehem, he was 85 years old.
- A child of Gert Stefanus PRETORIUS and Johanna Magdalena Petronella du PLESSIS
- This information was last updated on October 21, 2010.
Household of Jan Gabriel PRETORIUS
He is married to Martha Susanna SNYMAN.
They got married on February 25, 1896 at Ladybrand, he was 24 years old.
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Historical events
Birthday August 26, 1871
- The temperature on August 26, 1871 was about 19.7 °C. The air pressure was 21 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The atmospheric humidity was 51%. 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 Netherlands , there was from January 4, 1871 to July 6, 1872 the cabinet Thorbecke III, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
- In the year 1871: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
- May 4 » The National Association, the first professional baseball league, opens its first season in Fort Wayne, Indiana.
- June 10 » Sinmiyangyo: Captain McLane Tilton leads 109 US Marines in a naval attack on Han River forts on Kanghwa Island, Korea.
- July 29 » The Connecticut Valley Railroad opens between Old Saybrook, Connecticut and Hartford, Connecticut in the United States.
- September 20 » Bishop John Coleridge Patteson, first bishop of Melanesia, is martyred on Nukapu, now in the Solomon Islands.
- October 10 » Chicago burns after a barn accident. The fire lasts from October 8–10.
- December 26 » Thespis, the first Gilbert and Sullivan collaboration, debuts. It does modestly well, but the two would not collaborate again for four years and the score has been lost.
Day of marriage February 25, 1896
- The temperature on February 25, 1896 was about -5.1 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 65%. 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 1896: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
- February 1 » La bohème premieres in Turin at the Teatro Regio (Turin), conducted by the young Arturo Toscanini.
- March 20 » With the approval of Emperor Guangxu, the Qing dynasty post office is opened, marking the beginning of a postal service in China.
- April 15 » Closing ceremony of the Games of the I Olympiad in Athens, Greece.
- June 4 » Henry Ford completes the Ford Quadricycle, his first gasoline-powered automobile, and gives it a successful test run.
- August 16 » Skookum Jim Mason, George Carmack and Dawson Charlie discover gold in a tributary of the Klondike River in Canada, setting off the Klondike Gold Rush.
- November 27 » Also sprach Zarathustra by Richard Strauss is first performed.
Day of death January 22, 1957
- The temperature on January 22, 1957 was between -0.5 °C and 4.4 °C and averaged 1.2 °C. The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. 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 October 13, 1956 to December 22, 1957 the cabinet Drees III, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
- In the year 1957: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 11.0 million citizens.
- January 1 » George Town, Penang, is made a city by a royal charter of Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom.
- October 1 » First appearance of In God we trust on U.S. paper currency.
- October 10 » U.S. President Eisenhower apologizes to Ghanaian finance minister Gbedemah after he is refused service in a Delaware restaurant.
- October 29 » Israel's prime minister David Ben-Gurion and five of his ministers are injured when Moshe Dwek throws a grenade into Israel's Knesset.
- December 6 » Project Vanguard: A launchpad explosion of Vanguard TV3 thwarts the first United States attempt to launch a satellite into Earth orbit.
- December 20 » The initial production version of the Boeing 707 makes its first flight.
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- 1873 » Lee de Forest, American engineer and academic, invented the Audion tube († 1961)
- 1874 » Zona Gale, American novelist, short story writer, and playwright († 1938)
- 1875 » John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir, Scottish-Canadian historian and politician, 15th Governor General of Canada († 1940)
- 1880 » Guillaume Apollinaire, Italian-French author, poet, playwright, and critic († 1918)
- 1950 » Alan Hale, Sr., American actor and director (b. 1892)
- 1951 » Lawson Robertson, Scottish-American sprinter and high jumper (b. 1883)
- 1955 » Jonni Myyrä, Finnish-American athlete (b. 1892)
- 1957 » Ralph Barton Perry, American philosopher and academic (b. 1876)
- 1959 » Mike Hawthorn, English race car driver (b. 1929)
- 1964 » Marc Blitzstein, American pianist and composer (b. 1905)
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Gert Esterhuizen, "Family tree Eric Esterhuizen", database, Genealogy Online (https://www.genealogieonline.nl/stamboom-eric-esterhuizen/I18996.php : accessed February 24, 2026), "Jan Gabriel PRETORIUS (1871-1957)".