Family tree Eric Esterhuizen » Johannes Petrus PRETORIUS (1897-1977)

Christening day October 31, 1897

• The temperature on October 31, 1897 was about 0.9 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 100%. 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 Netherlands , there was from July 27, 1897 to August 1, 1901 the cabinet Pierson, with Mr. N.G. Pierson (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
• In the year 1897: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
  • January 31 » Czechoslav Trade Union Association is founded in Prague.
  • April 18 » The Greco-Turkish War is declared between Greece and the Ottoman Empire.
  • May 26 » The original manuscript of William Bradford's history, "Of Plymouth Plantation" is returned to the Governor of Massachusetts by the Bishop of London after being taken during the American Revolutionary War.
  • June 22 » British colonial officers Charles Walter Rand and Lt. Charles Egerton Ayerst are assassinated in Pune, Maharashtra, India by the Chapekar brothers and Mahadeo Vinayak Ranade, who are later caught and hanged.
  • July 26 » Anglo-Afghan War: The Pashtun fakir Saidullah leads an army of more than 10,000 to begin a siege of the British garrison in the Malakand Agency of the North West Frontier Province of India.
  • August 2 » Anglo-Afghan War: The Siege of Malakand ends when a relief column is able to reach the British garrison in the Malakand states.

Day of death April 18, 1977

• The temperature on April 18, 1977 was between -1.6 °C and 8.4 °C and averaged 4.1 °C. There was 3.9 hours of sunshine (28%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north. 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 Netherlands , there was from Monday, December 19, 1977 to Friday, September 11, 1981 the cabinet Van Agt I, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA/KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1977: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 13.8 million citizens.
  • April 7 » German Federal prosecutor Siegfried Buback and his driver are shot by two Red Army Faction members while waiting at a red light.
  • April 21 » Annie opens on Broadway.
  • July 26 » The National Assembly of Quebec imposes the use of French as the official language of the provincial government.
  • August 12 » The first free flight of the Space ShuttleEnterprise.
  • September 12 » South African anti-apartheid activist Steve Biko dies in police custody.
  • October 18 » German Autumn: a set of events revolving around the kidnapping of Hanns Martin Schleyer and the hijacking of a Lufthansa flight by the Red Army Faction (RAF) comes to an end when Schleyer is murdered and various RAF members allegedly commit suicide.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1965 » Guillermo González Camarena, Mexican engineer (b. 1917)
• 1967 » Karl Miller, German footballer (b. 1913)
• 1974 » Marcel Pagnol, French author, playwright, and director (b. 1895)
• 1986 » Marcel Dassault, French businessman, founded Dassault Aviation (b. 1892)
• 1988 » Oktay Rıfat Horozcu, Turkish poet and playwright (b. 1914)
• 1988 » Pierre Desproges, French journalist and actor (b. 1939)