Family tree Eric Esterhuizen » Christiaan Johannes PRETORIUS (1861-????)

Personal data Christiaan Johannes PRETORIUS 


Household of Christiaan Johannes PRETORIUS

(1) He is married to Maria Johanna van den HEEVER.

They got married on November 2, 1881 at Venterstad, he was 20 years old.


Child(ren):



(2) He is married to Charlotte Gertruida HENNING.

They got married on September 14, 1889 at Aliwal North, he was 28 years old.


Child(ren):

  1. Angelina PRETORIUS  1890-1956
  2. Phoebe PRETORIUS  1891-1924

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  • The temperature on January 13, 1861 was about -5.6 °C. The air pressure was 0.5 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 90%. Source: KNMI
  • Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • From February 23, 1860 till March 14, 1861 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Hall - Van Heemstra with the prime ministers Mr. F.A. baron Van Hall (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. S. baron Van Heemstra (liberaal).
  • From March 14, 1861 till January 31, 1862 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt - Loudon with the prime ministers Mr. J.P.P. baron Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. J. Loudon (liberaal).
  • In the year 1861: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
    • April 12 » American Civil War: Battle of Fort Sumter. The war begins with Confederate forces firing on Fort Sumter, in the harbor of Charleston, South Carolina.
    • April 19 » American Civil War: Baltimore riot of 1861: A pro-Secession mob in Baltimore attacks United States Army troops marching through the city.
    • April 29 » American Civil War: Maryland's House of Delegates votes not to secede from the Union.
    • June 1 » American Civil War: The Battle of Fairfax Court House is fought.
    • June 17 » American Civil War: Battle of Vienna, Virginia.
    • December 9 » American Civil War: The Joint Committee on the Conduct of the War is established by the U.S. Congress.
  • The temperature on March 31, 1861 was about 10.0 °C. The air pressure was 0.5 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the east-northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 71%. Source: KNMI
  • Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • From February 23, 1860 till March 14, 1861 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Hall - Van Heemstra with the prime ministers Mr. F.A. baron Van Hall (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. S. baron Van Heemstra (liberaal).
  • From March 14, 1861 till January 31, 1862 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt - Loudon with the prime ministers Mr. J.P.P. baron Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. J. Loudon (liberaal).
  • In the year 1861: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
    • January 29 » Kansas is admitted as the 34th U.S. state.
    • February 11 » American Civil War: The United States House of Representatives unanimously passes a resolution guaranteeing noninterference with slavery in any state.
    • February 18 » With Italian unification almost complete, Victor Emmanuel II of Piedmont, Savoy and Sardinia assumes the title of King of Italy.
    • March 3 » Alexander II of Russia signs the Emancipation Manifesto, freeing serfs.
    • May 13 » Pakistan's (then a part of British India) first railway line opens, from Karachi to Kotri.
    • June 17 » American Civil War: Battle of Vienna, Virginia.
  • The temperature on September 14, 1889 was about 15.7 °C. The air pressure was 10 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the north-northwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 70%. 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 21, 1888 to August 21, 1891 the cabinet Mackay, with Mr. A. baron Mackay (AR) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1889: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
    • January 30 » Archduke Crown Prince Rudolf of Austria, heir to the Austro-Hungarian crown, is found dead with his mistress Baroness Mary Vetsera in the Mayerling.
    • February 9 » US president Grover Cleveland signs a bill elevating the United States Department of Agriculture to a Cabinet-level agency.
    • October 24 » Henry Parkes delivers the Tenterfield Oration, effectively starting the federation process in Australia.
    • November 2 » North Dakota and South Dakota are admitted as the 39th and 40th U.S. states.
    • November 11 » The State of Washington is admitted as the 42nd state of the United States.
    • November 23 » The first jukebox goes into operation at the Palais Royale Saloon in San Francisco.


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