Family tree Eric Esterhuizen » Matthys Cornelis PRETORIUS (1788-1860)

Personal data Matthys Cornelis PRETORIUS 


Household of Matthys Cornelis PRETORIUS

He is married to Wilhelmina Christina KRUGER.

They got married on January 1, 1809 at Bethlehem, OFS, he was 20 years old.


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  • The temperature on February 8, 1788 was about 2.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northeast. Weather type: betrokken. Source: KNMI
  • Erfstadhouder Prins Willem V (Willem Batavus) (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1751 till 1795 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
  • In the year 1788: Source: Wikipedia
    • January 2 » Georgia becomes the fourth state to ratify the United States Constitution.
    • March 6 » The First Fleet arrives at Norfolk Island in order to found a convict settlement.
    • March 21 » A fire in New Orleans leaves most of the town in ruins.
    • June 25 » Virginia becomes the tenth state to ratify the United States Constitution.
    • July 25 » Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart completes his Symphony No. 40 in G minor (K550).
    • July 26 » New York ratifies the United States Constitution and becomes the 11th state of the United States.
  • The temperature on January 1, 1809 was about -2.0 °C. There was 4 mm of rainWind direction mainly east-northeast. Weather type: betrokken sneeuw. Source: KNMI
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    De Republiek der Verenigde Nederlanden werd in 1794-1795 door de Fransen veroverd onder leiding van bevelhebber Charles Pichegru (geholpen door de Nederlander Herman Willem Daendels); de verovering werd vergemakkelijkt door het dichtvriezen van de Waterlinie; Willem V moest op 18 januari 1795 uitwijken naar Engeland (en van daaruit in 1801 naar Duitsland); de patriotten namen de macht over van de aristocratische regenten en proclameerden de Bataafsche Republiek; op 16 mei 1795 werd het Haags Verdrag gesloten, waarmee ons land een vazalstaat werd van Frankrijk; in 3.1796 kwam er een Nationale Vergadering; in 1798 pleegde Daendels een staatsgreep, die de unitarissen aan de macht bracht; er kwam een nieuwe grondwet, die een Vertegenwoordigend Lichaam (met een Eerste en Tweede Kamer) instelde en als regering een Directoire; in 1799 sloeg Daendels bij Castricum een Brits-Russische invasie af; in 1801 kwam er een nieuwe grondwet; bij de Vrede van Amiens (1802) kreeg ons land van Engeland zijn koloniën terug (behalve Ceylon); na de grondwetswijziging van 1805 kwam er een raadpensionaris als eenhoofdig gezag, namelijk Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck (van 31 oktober 1761 tot 25 maart 1825).
  • In the year 1809: Source: Wikipedia
    • February 27 » Action of 27 February 1809: Captain Bernard Dubourdieu captures HMS Proserpine.
    • April 20 » Two Austrian army corps in Bavaria are defeated by a First French Empire army led by Napoleon at the Battle of Abensberg on the second day of a four-day campaign that ended in a French victory.
    • April 21 » Two Austrian army corps are driven from Landshut by a First French Empire army led by Napoleon as two French corps to the north hold off the main Austrian army on the first day of the Battle of Eckmühl.
    • May 17 » Emperor Napoleon I orders the annexation of the Papal States to the French Empire.
    • July 6 » The second day of the Battle of Wagram; France defeats the Austrian army in the largest battle to date of the Napoleonic Wars.
    • November 27 » The Berners Street hoax was perpetrated by Theodore Hook in the City of Westminster, London.
  • The temperature on December 16, 1860 was about 1.8 °C. There was 1 mm of rain. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 96%. 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 March 18, 1858 till February 23, 1860 the Netherlands had a cabinet Rochussen - Van Bosse with the prime ministers J.J. Rochussen (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. P.P. van Bosse (liberaal).
  • From February 23, 1860 till March 14, 1861 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Hall - Van Heemstra with the prime ministers Mr. F.A. baron Van Hall (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. S. baron Van Heemstra (liberaal).
  • In the year 1860: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.3 million citizens.
    • March 5 » Parma, Tuscany, Modena and Romagna vote in referendums to join the Kingdom of Sardinia.
    • May 3 » Charles XV of Sweden–Norway is crowned king of Sweden.
    • May 27 » Giuseppe Garibaldi begins his attack on Palermo, Sicily, as part of the Italian unification.
    • June 30 » The 1860 Oxford evolution debate at the Oxford University Museum of Natural History takes place.
    • September 7 » Italian unification: Giuseppe Garibaldi enters Naples.
    • December 20 » South Carolina becomes the first state to attempt to secede from the United States.


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About the surname PRETORIUS


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Gert Esterhuizen, "Family tree Eric Esterhuizen", database, Genealogy Online (https://www.genealogieonline.nl/stamboom-eric-esterhuizen/I4193.php : accessed February 22, 2026), "Matthys Cornelis PRETORIUS (1788-1860)".