Family tree Eric Esterhuizen » Wilhelm Sievert Rorich PRETORIUS (1888-1975)

Personal data Wilhelm Sievert Rorich PRETORIUS 


Household of Wilhelm Sievert Rorich PRETORIUS

(1) He is married to Anna Maria KOTZE.

They got married at Bloemfontein.


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(2) He is married to Johanna Loutrina Susanna de BRUYN.

They got married on September 27, 1920 at Bethulie, he was 32 years old.


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    Historical events

    Birthday February 28, 1888

    • The temperature on February 28, 1888 was about -5.5 °C. The air pressure was 28 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the north-northeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 78%. 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 Netherlands , there was from April 21, 1888 to August 21, 1891 the cabinet Mackay, with Mr. A. baron Mackay (AR) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1888: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
      • April 6 » Thomas Green Clemson dies, bequeathing his estate to the State of South Carolina to establish Clemson Agricultural College.
      • May 16 » Nikola Tesla delivers a lecture describing the equipment which will allow efficient generation and use of alternating currents to transmit electric power over long distances.
      • August 14 » An audio recording of English composer Arthur Sullivan's "The Lost Chord", one of the first recordings of music ever made, is played during a press conference introducing Thomas Edison's phonograph in London, England.
      • September 8 » In England, the first six Football League matches are played.
      • September 8 » Isaac Peral's submarine is first tested.
      • October 14 » Louis Le Prince films the first motion picture, Roundhay Garden Scene.

    Christening day May 6, 1888

    • The temperature on May 6, 1888 was about 15.1 °C. The air pressure was 12 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 53%. 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 Netherlands , there was from April 21, 1888 to August 21, 1891 the cabinet Mackay, with Mr. A. baron Mackay (AR) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1888: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
      • March 11 » The Great Blizzard of 1888 begins along the eastern seaboard of the United States, shutting down commerce and killing more than 400.
      • March 15 » Start of the Anglo-Tibetan War of 1888.
      • April 6 » Thomas Green Clemson dies, bequeathing his estate to the State of South Carolina to establish Clemson Agricultural College.
      • June 15 » Crown Prince Wilhelm becomes Kaiser Wilhelm II; he will be the last Emperor of the German Empire. Due to the death of his predecessors Wilhelm I and Frederick III, 1888 is the Year of the Three Emperors.
      • September 8 » In England, the first six Football League matches are played.
      • October 21 » Foundation of the Swiss Social Democratic Party.

    Day of marriage September 27, 1920

    • The temperature on September 27, 1920 was between 10.0 °C and 19.3 °C and averaged 13.3 °C. There was 4.4 hours of sunshine (37%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast. 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 September 9, 1918 to September 18, 1922 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck I, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1920: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 6.8 million citizens.
      • January 17 » Alcohol Prohibition begins in the United States as the Volstead Act goes into effect.
      • January 19 » The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) is founded.
      • May 7 » Kiev Offensive: Polish troops led by Józef Piłsudski and Edward Rydz-Śmigły and assisted by a symbolic Ukrainian force capture Kiev only to be driven out by the Red Army counter-offensive a month later.
      • September 17 » The National Football League is organized as the American Professional Football Association in Canton, Ohio.
      • November 2 » In the United States, KDKA of Pittsburgh starts broadcasting as the first commercial radio station. The first broadcast is the result of the 1920 United States presidential election.
      • November 28 » Irish War of Independence: Kilmichael Ambush: The Irish Republican Army ambush a convoy of British Auxiliaries and kill seventeen.

    Day of death October 8, 1975

    • The temperature on October 8, 1975 was between 6.1 °C and 14.3 °C and averaged 10.1 °C. There was 2.2 hours of sunshine (20%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest. Source: KNMI
    • Koningin Juliana (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from September 4, 1948 till April 30, 1980 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
    • In The Netherlands , there was from Friday, May 11, 1973 to Monday, December 19, 1977 the cabinet Den Uyl, with Drs. J.M. den Uyl (PvdA) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1975: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 13.6 million citizens.
      • April 9 » The first game of the Philippine Basketball Association, the second oldest professional basketball league in the world.
      • May 28 » Fifteen West African countries sign the Treaty of Lagos, creating the Economic Community of West African States.
      • June 29 » Steve Wozniak tested his first prototype of Apple I computer.
      • September 5 » Sacramento, California: Lynette Fromme attempts to assassinate U.S. President Gerald Ford.
      • September 8 » Gays in the military: US Air Force Tech Sergeant Leonard Matlovich, a decorated veteran of the Vietnam War, appears in his Air Force uniform on the cover of Time magazine with the headline "I Am A Homosexual". He is given a general discharge, later upgraded to honorable.
      • November 3 » Syed Nazrul Islam, A. H. M. Qamaruzzaman, Tajuddin Ahmad, and Muhammad Mansur Ali, Bangladeshi politicians and Sheikh Mujibur Rahman loyalists, are murdered in the Dhaka Central Jail.
    

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