Family tree Eric Esterhuizen » Casper Johannes PRETORIUS (1896-1971)
Personal data Casper Johannes PRETORIUS
- He was born on April 1, 1896.
- He was christened on May 24, 1896 in Rustenburg.
- He died in the year 1971 in Thabazimbi, he was 74 years old.
- A child of Pieter PRETORIUS and Gesina Josina JANSE VAN RENSBURG
- This information was last updated on August 20, 2010.
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He is married to Maria Aletta ROBINSON.
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Birthday April 1, 1896
- The temperature on April 1, 1896 was about 4.7 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 92%. 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.
- January 28 » Walter Arnold of East Peckham, Kent, becomes the first person to be convicted of speeding. He was fined one shilling, plus costs, for speeding at 8mph (13km/h), thereby exceeding the contemporary speed limit of 2mph (3.2km/h).
- March 20 » With the approval of Emperor Guangxu, the Qing dynasty post office is opened, marking the beginning of a postal service in China.
- April 6 » In Athens, the opening of the first modern Olympic Games is celebrated, 1,500 years after the original games are banned by Roman emperor Theodosius I.
- April 15 » Closing ceremony of the Games of the I Olympiad in Athens, Greece.
- May 27 » The F4-strength St. Louis–East St. Louis tornado hits in St. Louis, Missouri, and East St. Louis, Illinois, killing at least 255 people and causing over $10-million in damage.
- June 28 » An explosion in the Newton Coal Company's Twin Shaft Mine in Pittston, Pennsylvania results in a massive cave-in that kills 58 miners.
Christening day May 24, 1896
- The temperature on May 24, 1896 was about 14.3 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 75%. 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.
- January 18 » An X-ray generating machine is exhibited for the first time by H. L. Smith.
- March 1 » Henri Becquerel discovers radioactive decay.
- 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 » Charles Dow publishes the first edition of the Dow Jones Industrial Average.
- August 16 » Skookum Jim Mason, George Carmack and Dawson Charlie discover gold in a tributary of the Klondike River in Canada, setting off the Klondike Gold Rush.
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- 1898 » William James Sidis, Ukrainian-Russian Jewish American mathematician, anthropologist, and historian († 1944)
- 1899 » Gustavs Celmiņš, Latvian academic and politician († 1968)
- 1900 » Stefanie Clausen, Danish Olympic diver († 1981)
- 1901 » Whittaker Chambers, American journalist and spy († 1961)
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