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Personal data Hercules Albertus Dreyer f3g2 


Household of Hercules Albertus Dreyer f3g2

(1) He is married to Johanna Petronella Buys.

They got married on January 5, 1903 at Weenen, Natal, South Africa, he was 22 years old.


Child(ren):

  1. Alida Aletta Dreyer  1910-2004
  2. Fredrick Dreyer  1912-1978
  3. (Not public)


(2) He is married to Cornelia Dorothea Regina van Rooyen.

They got married on September 8, 1951 at Estcourt KZN South Africa, he was 71 years old.

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Historical events

  • The temperature on February 15, 1880 was about 1.3 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south east. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 85%. 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 year 1880: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
    • January 27 » Thomas Edison receives a patent for his incandescent lamp.
    • February 13 » Thomas Edison observes Thermionic emission.
    • May 11 » Seven people are killed in the Mussel Slough Tragedy, a gun battle in California.
    • May 13 » In Menlo Park, New Jersey, Thomas Edison performs the first test of his electric railway.
    • June 7 » War of the Pacific: The Battle of Arica, the assault and capture of Morro de Arica (Arica Cape), ends the Campaña del Desierto (Desert Campaign).
    • June 24 » First performance of O Canada at the Congrès national des Canadiens-Français. The song would later become the national anthem of Canada.
  • The temperature on September 8, 1951 was between 13.8 °C and 18.7 °C and averaged 16.4 °C. There was 5.4 hours of sunshine (41%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. 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)
  • From August 7, 1948 till March 15, 1951 the Netherlands had a cabinet Drees - Van Schaik with the prime ministers Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) and Mr. J.R.H. van Schaik (KVP).
  • In The Netherlands , there was from March 15, 1951 to September 2, 1952 the cabinet Drees I, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1951: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 10.2 million citizens.
    • January 4 » Korean War: Chinese and North Korean forces capture Seoul.
    • January 6 » Korean War: Beginning of the Ganghwa massacre, in the course of which an estimated 200–1,300 South Korean communist sympathizers are slaughtered.
    • April 11 » Korean War: President Harry Truman relieves General of the Army Douglas MacArthur of overall command in Korea.
    • May 21 » The opening of the Ninth Street Show, otherwise known as the 9th Street Art Exhibition: A gathering of a number of notable artists, and the stepping-out of the post war New York avant-garde, collectively known as the New York School.
    • December 20 » The EBR-1 in Arco, Idaho becomes the first nuclear power plant to generate electricity. The electricity powered four light bulbs.
    • December 25 » A bomb explodes at the home of Harry T. Moore and Harriette V. S. Moore, early leaders of the Civil Rights Movement, killing Harry instantly and fatally wounding Harriette.
  • The temperature on June 10, 1965 was between 9.6 °C and 19.1 °C and averaged 14.5 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 12.8 hours of sunshine (77%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) 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 July 24, 1963 to April 14, 1965 the cabinet Marijnen, with Mr. V.G.M. Marijnen (KVP) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from April 14, 1965 to November 22, 1966 the cabinet Cals, with Mr. J.M.L.Th. Cals (KVP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1965: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 12.2 million citizens.
    • March 18 » Cosmonaut Alexei Leonov, leaving his spacecraft Voskhod 2 for 12 minutes, becomes the first person to walk in space.
    • March 21 » Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. leads 3,200 people on the start of the third and finally successful civil rights march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama.
    • April 24 » Civil war breaks out in the Dominican Republic when Colonel Francisco Caamaño overthrows the triumvirate that had been in power since the coup d'état against Juan Bosch.
    • July 16 » The Mont Blanc Tunnel linking France and Italy opens.
    • August 29 » The Gemini V spacecraft returns to Earth, landing in the Atlantic Ocean.
    • September 7 » During an Indo-Pakistani War, China announces that it will reinforce its troops on the Indian border.


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