Family tree Eric Esterhuizen » Maria Susanna PRETORIUS (1883-1981)

Christening day October 7, 1883

• The temperature on October 7, 1883 was about 12.3 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 79%. 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 August 20, 1879 to April 23, 1883 the cabinet Van Lijnden van Sandenburg, with Mr. C.Th. baron Van Lijnden van Sandenburg (conservatief-AR) as prime minister.
• 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 1883: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
  • March 20 » The Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property is signed.
  • May 27 » Alexander III is crowned Tsar of Russia.
  • August 26 » The 1883 eruption of Krakatoa begins its final, paroxysmal, stage.
  • August 27 » Eruption of Krakatoa: Four enormous explosions destroy the island of Krakatoa and cause years of climate change.
  • October 22 » The Metropolitan Opera House in New York City opens with a performance of Gounod's Faust.
  • December 16 » Tonkin Campaign: French forces capture the Sơn Tây citadel.

Day of death September 12, 1981

• The temperature on September 12, 1981 was between 11.3 °C and 21.1 °C and averaged 15.5 °C. There was 4.9 mm of rain during 1.3 hours. There was 3.9 hours of sunshine (30%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. Source: KNMI
• Koningin Beatrix (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from April 30, 1980 till April 30, 2013 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, December 19, 1977 to Friday, September 11, 1981 the cabinet Van Agt I, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA/KVP) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from Friday, September 11, 1981 to Saturday, May 29, 1982 the cabinet Van Agt II, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1981: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 14.2 million citizens.
  • August 25 » Voyager 2 spacecraft makes its closest approach to Saturn.
  • September 18 » The Assemblée Nationale votes to abolish capital punishment in France.
  • October 20 » Two police officers and an armored car guard are killed during an armed robbery carried out by members of the Black Liberation Army and Weather Underground.
  • October 22 » The United States Federal Labor Relations Authority votes to decertify the Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization (PATCO) for its strike the previous August.
  • November 25 » Pope John Paul II appoints Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger (the future Pope Benedict XVI) Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith.
  • December 11 » El Mozote massacre: Armed forces in El Salvador kill an estimated 900 civilians in an anti-guerrilla campaign during the Salvadoran Civil War.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1977 » Les Haylen, Australian journalist and politician (b. 1898)
• 1977 » Robert Lowell, American poet (b. 1917)
• 1977 » Steve Biko, South African activist (b. 1946)
• 1978 » William Hudson, New Zealand-Australian engineer (b. 1896)
• 1981 » Eugenio Montale, Italian poet, essayist and translator, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1896)
• 1982 » Federico Moreno Torroba, Spanish composer and conductor (b. 1891)