Family tree Eric Esterhuizen » Donald Pieter van der MERWE (1884-????)

Personal data Donald Pieter van der MERWE 

  • He was born on October 28, 1884.
  • This information was last updated on August 18, 2010.

Household of Donald Pieter van der MERWE

He is married to Eleonora Judith PRETORIUS.

They got married on August 5, 1912, he was 27 years old.

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Historical events

  • The temperature on October 28, 1884 was about 12.9 °C. There was 5 mm of rain. The air pressure was 40 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 88%. 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 1884: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
    • January 4 » The Fabian Society is founded in London, United Kingdom.
    • March 27 » A mob in Cincinnati, Ohio, attacks members of a jury which had returned a verdict of manslaughter in what was seen as a clear case of murder; over the next few days the mob would riot and eventually destroy the courthouse.
    • July 3 » Dow Jones & Company publishes its first stock average.
    • October 13 » The International Meridian Conference establishes the meridian of the Greenwich Observatory as the prime meridian.
    • November 1 » The Gaelic Athletic Association is set up in Hayes's Hotel in Thurles, County Tipperary.
    • December 10 » Mark Twain's Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is published.


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