Family tree Eric Esterhuizen » Jan Gabriel PRETORIUS (1871-1957)

Personal data Jan Gabriel PRETORIUS 


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.
      • March 22 » In North Carolina, William Woods Holden becomes the first governor of a U.S. state to be removed from office by impeachment.
      • May 21 » French troops invade the Paris Commune and engage its residents in street fighting. By the close of "Bloody Week", some 20,000 communards have been killed and 38,000 arrested.
      • May 21 » Opening of the first rack railway in Europe, the Rigi Bahnen on Mount Rigi.
      • July 2 » Victor Emmanuel II of Italy enters Rome after having conquered it from the Papal States.
      • August 29 » Emperor Meiji orders the abolition of the han system and the establishment of prefectures as local centers of administration. (Traditional Japanese date: July 14, 1871).
      • December 24 » The opera Aida premieres in Cairo, Egypt.

    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.
      • April 15 » Closing ceremony of the Games of the I Olympiad in Athens, Greece.
      • May 18 » Khodynka Tragedy: A mass panic on Khodynka Field in Moscow during the festivities of the coronation of Russian Tsar Nicholas II results in the deaths of 1,389 people.
      • May 26 » Nicholas II becomes the last Tsar of Imperial Russia.
      • August 27 » Anglo-Zanzibar War: The shortest war in world history (09:02 to 09:40), between the United Kingdom and Zanzibar.
      • December 10 » Alfred Jarry's Ubu Roi premieres in Paris. A riot breaks out at the end of the performance.
      • December 30 » Filipino patriot and reform advocate José Rizal is executed by a Spanish firing squad in Manila.

    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.
      • April 24 » Suez Crisis: The Suez Canal is reopened following the introduction of UNEF peacekeepers to the region.
      • May 22 » South Africa's government approves of racial separation in universities.
      • July 29 » The International Atomic Energy Agency is established.
      • September 2 » President Ngô Đình Diệm of South Vietnam becomes the first foreign head of state to make a state visit to Australia.
      • September 29 » The Kyshtym disaster is the third-worst nuclear accident ever recorded.
      • November 1 » The Mackinac Bridge, the world's longest suspension bridge between anchorages at the time, opens to traffic connecting Michigan's upper and lower peninsulas.
    

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