Family tree Eric Esterhuizen » Cecilia Maria PRETORIUS (1885-????)
Personal data Cecilia Maria PRETORIUS
- She was born on October 6, 1885.
- She was christened on December 13, 1885 in Bethulie.
- A child of Johannes Hendrik PRETORIUS and Hester Anna KRUGER
- This information was last updated on August 17, 2010.
Household of Cecilia Maria PRETORIUS
She is married to Harm Gert Jacobus KRUGER.
They got married on February 10, 1908, she was 22 years old.
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Birthday October 6, 1885
- The temperature on October 6, 1885 was about 12.1 °C. There was 15 mm of rain. The air pressure was 20 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 97%. Source: KNMI
- Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
- In The Netherlands , there was from April 23, 1884 to April 21, 1888 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) as prime minister.
- In the year 1885: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
- February 8 » The first government-approved Japanese immigrants arrived in Hawaii.
- March 24 » Sino-French War: Chinese victory in the Battle of Bang Bo on the Tonkin-Guangxi border.
- April 30 » Governor of New York David B. Hill signs legislation creating the Niagara Reservation, New York's first state park, ensuring that Niagara Falls will not be devoted solely to industrial and commercial use.
- May 1 » The original Chicago Board of Trade Building opens for business.
- June 17 » The Statue of Liberty arrives in New York Harbor.
- November 17 » Serbo-Bulgarian War: The decisive Battle of Slivnitsa begins.
Christening day December 13, 1885
- The temperature on December 13, 1885 was about 2.3 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 93%. Source: KNMI
- Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
- In The Netherlands , there was from April 23, 1884 to April 21, 1888 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) as prime minister.
- In the year 1885: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
- January 1 » Twenty-five nations adopt Sandford Fleming's proposal for standard time (and also, time zones).
- March 24 » Sino-French War: Chinese victory in the Battle of Bang Bo on the Tonkin-Guangxi border.
- June 3 » In the last military engagement fought on Canadian soil, the Cree leader, Big Bear, escapes the North-West Mounted Police.
- June 17 » The Statue of Liberty arrives in New York Harbor.
- July 1 » The Congo Free State is established by King Leopold II of Belgium.
- July 23 » President Ulysses S. Grant dies of throat cancer.
Day of marriage February 10, 1908
- The temperature on February 10, 1908 was between -0.2 °C and 4.2 °C and averaged 2.6 °C. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. 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 17, 1905 to February 11, 1908 the cabinet De Meester, with Mr. Th. de Meester (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
- In The Netherlands , there was from February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
- In the year 1908: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 5.7 million citizens.
- January 11 » Grand Canyon National Monument is created.
- May 26 » The first major commercial oil strike in the Middle East was made at Masjed Soleyman in southwest Persia. The rights to the resource were quickly acquired by the Anglo-Persian Oil Company.
- June 18 » The University of the Philippines is established.
- July 26 » United States Attorney General Charles Joseph Bonaparte issues an order to immediately staff the Office of the Chief Examiner (later renamed the Federal Bureau of Investigation).
- September 16 » The General Motors Corporation is founded.
- October 6 » The Bosnian crisis erupts when Austria-Hungary formally annexes Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Same birth/death day
- 1882 » Karol Szymanowski, Polish pianist and composer († 1937)
- 1886 » Edwin Fischer, Swiss pianist and conductor († 1960)
- 1887 » Le Corbusier, Swiss-French architect and painter, designed the Philips Pavilion and Saint-Pierre, Firminy († 1965)
- 1888 » Roland Garros, French soldier and pilot († 1918)
- 1891 » Hendrik Adamson, Estonian poet and educator († 1946)
- 1893 » Meghnad Saha, Indian astrophysicist, astronomer, and academic († 1956)
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Gert Esterhuizen, "Family tree Eric Esterhuizen", database, Genealogy Online (https://www.genealogieonline.nl/stamboom-eric-esterhuizen/I6497.php : accessed February 17, 2026), "Cecilia Maria PRETORIUS (1885-????)".