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Household of Robert Albertus Jacobus PRETORIUS

He is married to Petronella Martiena van ZYL.

They got married on October 25, 1888 at Zeerust, he was 24 years old.


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    Birthday October 21, 1864

    • The temperature on October 21, 1864 was about 14.5 °C. The air pressure was 0.5 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the east-southeast. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 56%. 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 February 1, 1862 to February 10, 1866 the cabinet Thorbecke II, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1864: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
      • June 12 » American Civil War, Overland Campaign: Battle of Cold Harbor: Ulysses S. Grant gives the Confederate forces under Robert E. Lee a victory when he pulls his Union troops from their position at Cold Harbor, Virginia and moves south.
      • October 30 » The Treaty of Vienna is signed, by which Denmark relinquishes one province each to Prussia and Austria.
      • November 4 » American Civil War: Confederate troops bombard a Union supply base and destroy millions of dollars in material at the Battle of Johnsonville.
      • November 11 » American Civil War: General William Tecumseh Sherman begins burning Atlanta to the ground in preparation for his march to the sea.
      • December 15 » American Civil War: Battle of Nashville: The Union's Army of the Cumberland routs and destroys the Confederacy's Army of Tennessee, ending its effectiveness as a combat unit.
      • December 16 » American Civil War: Battle of Nashville: Major General George Thomas's Union forces defeat Lieutenant General John Bell Hood's Confederate Army of Tennessee.

    Christening day July 30, 1865

    • The temperature on July 30, 1865 was about 20.3 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 10 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 56%. 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 February 1, 1862 to February 10, 1866 the cabinet Thorbecke II, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1865: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
      • April 9 » American Civil War: Robert E. Lee surrenders the Army of Northern Virginia (26,765 troops) to Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Court House, Virginia, effectively ending the war.
      • April 12 » American Civil War: Mobile, Alabama, falls to the Union Army.
      • April 14 » U.S. President Abraham Lincoln is shot in Ford's Theatre by John Wilkes Booth; Lincoln died the next day.
      • April 15 » President Abraham Lincoln dies after being shot the previous evening by actor John Wilkes Booth. Vice President Andrew Johnson becomes President upon Lincoln's death.
      • May 5 » American Civil War: The Confederate District of the Gulf surrenders about 4,000 men at Citronelle, Alabama.
      • November 11 » Treaty of Sinchula is signed whereby Bhutan cedes the areas east of the Teesta River to the British East India Company.

    Day of marriage October 25, 1888

    • The temperature on October 25, 1888 was about 13.1 °C. The air pressure was 9 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 63%. 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.
      • January 13 » The National Geographic Society is founded in Washington, D.C.
      • March 23 » In England, The Football League, the world's oldest professional association football league, meets for the first time.
      • May 13 » With the passage of the Lei Áurea ("Golden Law"), Empire of Brazil abolishes slavery.
      • October 17 » Thomas Edison files a patent for the Optical Phonograph (the first movie).
      • October 21 » Foundation of the Swiss Social Democratic Party.
      • October 30 » The Rudd Concession is granted by Matabeleland to agents of Cecil Rhodes.

    Day of death August 28, 1912

    • The temperature on August 28, 1912 was between 7.7 °C and 16.7 °C and averaged 12.5 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. There was 5.6 hours of sunshine (40%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. 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.
      • January 1 » The Republic of China is established.
      • April 16 » Harriet Quimby becomes the first woman to fly an airplane across the English Channel.
      • June 4 » Massachusetts becomes the first state of the United States to set a minimum wage.
      • September 2 » Arthur Rose Eldred is awarded the first Eagle Scout award of the Boy Scouts of America.
      • September 4 » Albanian rebels succeed in their revolt when the Ottoman Empire agrees to fulfill their demands
      • December 8 » Leaders of the German Empire hold an Imperial War Council to discuss the possibility that war might break out.
    

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    • 1851 » George Ulyett, English cricketer and footballer († 1898)
    • 1868 » Ernest Swinton, British Army officer († 1951)
    • 1874 » Tan Kah Kee, Chinese businessman, community leader, communist and philanthropist (d.1961)
    • 1877 » Oswald Avery, Canadian-American physician and microbiologist († 1955)

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