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Personal data Daniel Petrus Dreyer 


Household of Daniel Petrus Dreyer

Waarschuwing Attention: Wife (Christina Helena du Preez) is also his cousin.

(1) He is married to Christina Helena du Preez.

They got married on April 21, 1884 at Rustenburg, Transvaal, South Africa, he was 29 years old.


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(2) He is married to Susanna Catharina Roos.

They got married on January 17, 1927 at Waterkloof, Marico, Transvaal, South Africa, he was 72 years old.


(3) He is married to Engela Susanna van der Merwe.

They got married on June 21, 1932 at Swartruggens, Rustenburg, Transvaal, Suid-Afrika, he was 78 years old.

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  • The temperature on May 10, 1854 was about 11.4 °C. The atmospheric humidity was 73%. Source: KNMI
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    De Republiek der Verenigde Nederlanden werd in 1794-1795 door de Fransen veroverd onder leiding van bevelhebber Charles Pichegru (geholpen door de Nederlander Herman Willem Daendels); de verovering werd vergemakkelijkt door het dichtvriezen van de Waterlinie; Willem V moest op 18 januari 1795 uitwijken naar Engeland (en van daaruit in 1801 naar Duitsland); de patriotten namen de macht over van de aristocratische regenten en proclameerden de Bataafsche Republiek; op 16 mei 1795 werd het Haags Verdrag gesloten, waarmee ons land een vazalstaat werd van Frankrijk; in 3.1796 kwam er een Nationale Vergadering; in 1798 pleegde Daendels een staatsgreep, die de unitarissen aan de macht bracht; er kwam een nieuwe grondwet, die een Vertegenwoordigend Lichaam (met een Eerste en Tweede Kamer) instelde en als regering een Directoire; in 1799 sloeg Daendels bij Castricum een Brits-Russische invasie af; in 1801 kwam er een nieuwe grondwet; bij de Vrede van Amiens (1802) kreeg ons land van Engeland zijn koloniën terug (behalve Ceylon); na de grondwetswijziging van 1805 kwam er een raadpensionaris als eenhoofdig gezag, namelijk Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck (van 31 oktober 1761 tot 25 maart 1825).
  • From April 19, 1853 till July 1, 1856 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Hall - Donker Curtius with the prime ministers Mr. F.A. baron Van Hall (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. D. Donker Curtius (conservatief-liberaal).
  • In the year 1854: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.3 million citizens.
    • January 4 » The McDonald Islands are discovered by Captain William McDonald aboard the Samarang.
    • February 7 » A law is approved to found the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology. Lectures started October 16, 1855.
    • February 23 » The official independence of the Orange Free State is declared.
    • May 30 » The Kansas–Nebraska Act becomes law establishing the US territories of Kansas and Nebraska.
    • June 10 » The United States Naval Academy graduates its first class of students.
    • October 25 » The Battle of Balaclava takes place during the Crimean War. It is soon memorialized in verse as The Charge of the Light Brigade.
  • The temperature on June 21, 1932 was between 4.1 °C and 17.2 °C and averaged 12.1 °C. There was 2.6 mm of rain during 1.4 hours. There was 3.6 hours of sunshine (21%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) 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 August 10, 1929 to May 26, 1933 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck III, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1932: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 8.1 million citizens.
    • February 18 » The Empire of Japan creates the independent state of Manzhouguo (the obsolete Chinese name for Manchuria) free from the Republic of China and installed former Chinese Emperor Aisin Gioro Puyi as Chief Executive of the State.
    • May 12 » Ten weeks after his abduction, Charles Jr., the infant son of Charles Lindbergh, is found dead near Hopewell, New Jersey, just a few miles from the Lindberghs' home.
    • May 21 » Bad weather forces Amelia Earhart to land in a pasture in Derry, Northern Ireland, and she thereby becomes the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean.
    • July 31 » The NSDAP (Nazi Party) wins more than 38% of the vote in German elections.
    • September 5 » The French Upper Volta is broken apart between Ivory Coast, French Sudan, and Niger.
    • September 10 » The New York City Subway's third competing subway system, the municipally-owned IND, is opened.
  • The temperature on March 26, 1941 was between 0.8 °C and 4.0 °C and averaged 1.5 °C. There was 19.0 mm of rain during 11.4 hours. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east. 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 September 3, 1940 to July 27, 1941 the cabinet Gerbrandy I, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from July 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1941: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 8.9 million citizens.
    • March 7 » Günther Prien and the crew of German submarine U-47, one of the most successful U-boats of World War II, disappear without a trace.
    • April 13 » A pact of neutrality between the USSR and Japan is signed.
    • May 2 » Following the coup d'état against Iraq Crown Prince 'Abd al-Ilah earlier that year, the United Kingdom launches the Anglo-Iraqi War to restore him to power.
    • December 5 » World War II: Great Britain declares war on Finland, Hungary and Romania.
    • December 8 » World War II: U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt declares December 7 to be "a date which will live in infamy", after which the U.S. declares war on Japan.
    • December 9 » World War II: China, Cuba, Guatemala, and the Philippine Commonwealth declare war on Germany and Japan.


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