Family tree Eric Esterhuizen » Willem PRETORIUS (1896-????)
Personal data Willem PRETORIUS
- He was born on June 19, 1896.
- He was christened on August 16, 1896 in Molteno.
- A child of Charl Zacharias PRETORIUS and Hester Margaretha Johanna van ZYL
- This information was last updated on August 22, 2010.
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Birthday June 19, 1896
- The temperature on June 19, 1896 was about 17.7 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 77%. 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- September 22 » Queen Victoria surpasses her grandfather King George III as the longest reigning monarch in British history.
- November 1 » A picture showing the bare breasts of a woman appears in National Geographic magazine for the first time.
- December 17 » Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania's Schenley Park Casino, which was the first multi-purpose arena with the technology to create an artificial ice surface in North America, is destroyed in a fire.
Christening day August 16, 1896
- The temperature on August 16, 1896 was about 14.9 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 91%. 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.
- March 2 » The Battle of Adwa: The Italian Army defeated by the Ethiopian Army in Adwa, Tigray, Ethiopia.
- March 20 » With the approval of Emperor Guangxu, the Qing dynasty post office is opened, marking the beginning of a postal service in China.
- 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 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.
- July 28 » The city of Miami, Florida is incorporated.
- August 30 » Philippine Revolution: After Spanish victory in the Battle of San Juan del Monte, eight provinces in the Philippines are declared under martial law by the Spanish Governor-General Ramón Blanco y Erenas.
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- 1897 » Cyril Norman Hinshelwood, English chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1967)
- 1897 » Moe Howard, American comedian († 1975)
- 1902 » Guy Lombardo, Canadian-American violinist and bandleader († 1977)
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