Dreyer Tree » Elizabeth Jacoba van der Spuy b6c4d1e5f4 (1865-1936)
Personal data Elizabeth Jacoba van der Spuy b6c4d1e5f4
- She was born on March 16, 1865.
- She died on October 20, 1936, she was 71 years old.
- A child of Sybrand Jacobus van der Spuy and Susanna Fransiena van Schoor
Household of Elizabeth Jacoba van der Spuy b6c4d1e5f4
Attention: Husband (Daniel Gabriel van der Spuy) is also her cousin.
(1) She is married to Daniel Gabriel van der Spuy.
They got married on October 2, 1883 at Kaapstad, Kaap de Goede Hoop, Suid-Afrika, she was 18 years old.
Child(ren):
- Jacob Stephanus van der Spuy 1886-????
- Sybrand Jacobus van der Spuy 1887-????
- Susanna Francina Elizabeth van der Spuy 1888-????
- Daniel Gabriel Retief van der Spuy 1890-????
- Marthinus Johannes van der Spuy 1898-1962
(2) She is married to Rudolph Eksteen.
They got married
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Historical events
Birthday March 16, 1865
- The temperature on March 16, 1865 was about 2.0 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 93%. 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.
- January 15 » American Civil War: Fort Fisher in North Carolina falls to the Union, thus cutting off the last major seaport of the Confederacy.
- 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.
- June 11 » The Naval Battle of the Riachuelo is fought on the rivulet Riachuelo (Argentina), between the Paraguayan Navy on one side and the Brazilian Navy on the other. The Brazilian victory was crucial for the later success of the Triple Alliance (Brazil, Uruguay, and Argentina) in the Paraguayan War.
- November 11 » Treaty of Sinchula is signed whereby Bhutan cedes the areas east of the Teesta River to the British East India Company.
- November 18 » Mark Twain's short story "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County" is published in the New York Saturday Press.
- December 2 » Alabama ratifies 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, followed by North Carolina then Georgia, and U.S. slaves were legally free within two weeks
Day of marriage October 2, 1883
- The temperature on October 2, 1883 was about 12.3 °C. There was 2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-northwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 93%. 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 August 20, 1879 to April 23, 1883 the cabinet Van Lijnden van Sandenburg, with Mr. C.Th. baron Van Lijnden van Sandenburg (conservatief-AR) as prime minister.
- 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 year 1883: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
- May 30 » In New York City, a stampede on the recently opened Brooklyn Bridge killed twelve people.
- June 5 » The first regularly scheduled Orient Express departs Paris.
- August 17 » The first public performance of the Dominican Republic's national anthem, Himno Nacional.
- August 27 » Eruption of Krakatoa: Four enormous explosions destroy the island of Krakatoa and cause years of climate change.
- November 9 » The 90th Winnipeg Battalion of Rifles, (later the Royal Winnipeg Rifles) of the Canadian Armed Forces is founded.
- November 30 » The style of western calendar, Common Era is conveyed to Joseon (Early-Modern Korean kingdom]].
Day of death October 20, 1936
- The temperature on October 20, 1936 was between 3.5 °C and 11.0 °C and averaged 7.7 °C. There was 2.6 mm of rain during 1.7 hours. There was 5.0 hours of sunshine (48%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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 July 31, 1935 to June 24, 1937 the cabinet Colijn III, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
- In the year 1936: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 8.5 million citizens.
- January 8 » Kashf-e hijab decree is made and immediately enforced by Reza Shah, Iran's head of state, banning the wearing of Islamic veils in public.
- February 16 » The Popular Front wins the 1936 Spanish general election.
- March 5 » First flight of K5054, the first prototype Supermarine Spitfire advanced monoplane fighter aircraft in the United Kingdom.
- July 11 » The Triborough Bridge in New York City is opened to traffic.
- July 21 » Spanish Civil War: The Central Committee of Antifascist Militias of Catalonia is constituted, establishing an anarcho-syndicalist economy in Catalonia.
- November 23 » Life magazine is reborn as a photo magazine and enjoys instant success.
Same birth/death day
- 1857 » Charles Harding Firth, English historian and academic († 1936)
- 1859 » Alexander Stepanovich Popov, Russian physicist and academic († 1906)
- 1865 » Patsy Donovan, Irish-American baseball player and manager († 1953)
- 1869 » Willy Burmester, German violinist († 1933)
- 1871 » Frantz Reichel, French rugby player and hurdler († 1932)
- 1871 » Hans Merensky, South African geologist and philanthropist († 1951)
- 1926 » Eugene V. Debs, American union leader and politician (b. 1855)
- 1928 » Jack Peddie, Scottish footballer (b. 1876)
- 1935 » Arthur Henderson, Scottish-English politician, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1863)
- 1936 » Anne Sullivan, American educator (b. 1866)
- 1940 » Gunnar Asplund, Swedish architect and academic, co-designed Skogskyrkogården (b. 1885)
- 1941 » Ken Farnes, English cricketer and soldier (b. 1911)
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