Family tree Eric Esterhuizen » Dirk Jacobus PRETORIUS (1845-1912)

Personal data Dirk Jacobus PRETORIUS 


Household of Dirk Jacobus PRETORIUS

He is married to Magdalena Aletta Martha PRETORIUS.

They got married on February 20, 1871 at Middelburg, Cape, he was 26 years old.


Child(ren):

  1. Jan Albertus PRETORIUS  1872-???? 

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    Historical events

    Day of marriage February 20, 1871

    • The temperature on February 20, 1871 was about 8.7 °C. The air pressure was 30 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The atmospheric humidity was 76%. 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 June 4, 1868 till January 4, 1871 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Bosse - Fock with the prime ministers Mr. P.P. van Bosse (liberaal) and Mr. C. Fock (liberaal).
    • In The Netherlands , there was from January 4, 1871 to July 6, 1872 the cabinet Thorbecke III, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1871: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
      • March 21 » Otto von Bismarck is appointed as the first Chancellor of the German Empire.
      • May 21 » Opening of the first rack railway in Europe, the Rigi Bahnen on Mount Rigi.
      • May 28 » The Paris Commune falls after two months.
      • July 2 » Victor Emmanuel II of Italy enters Rome after having conquered it from the Papal States.
      • September 28 » The Brazilian Parliament passes a law that frees all children thereafter born to slaves, and all government-owned slaves.
      • November 16 » The National Rifle Association receives its charter from New York State.

    Day of death September 22, 1912

    • The temperature on September 22, 1912 was between 3.8 °C and 16.5 °C and averaged 10.4 °C. There was 8.6 hours of sunshine (70%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) 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 February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1912: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 6.0 million citizens.
      • March 6 » Italo-Turkish War: Italian forces become the first to use airships in war, as two dirigibles drop bombs on Turkish troops encamped at Janzur, from an altitude of 6,000 feet.
      • October 8 » The First Balkan War begins when Montenegro declares war against the Ottoman Empire.
      • October 14 » Former president Theodore Roosevelt is shot and mildly wounded by John Flammang Schrank. With the fresh wound in his chest, and the bullet still within it, Roosevelt delivers his scheduled speech.
      • October 17 » Bulgaria, Greece and Serbia declare war on the Ottoman Empire, joining Montenegro in the First Balkan War.
      • November 5 » Woodrow Wilson is elected the 28th President of the United States, defeating incumbent William Howard Taft.
      • December 16 » First Balkan War: The Royal Hellenic Navy defeats the Ottoman Navy at the Battle of Elli.
    

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