Dreyer Tree » Melt Van der Spuy Dreyer b4c2d1e2f7 (1848-1900)
Personal data Melt Van der Spuy Dreyer b4c2d1e2f7
- He was born on August 17, 1848.
- Profession: General Dealer.
- He died on December 31, 1900 in 2 Albert Ed Woodstock Capetown, he was 52 years old.
Oorzaak: Brights didease
- He is buried in Maitland, City of Cape Town Metropolitan Municipal.
- A child of Melt Van der Spuy Dreyer and Sophia Carolina Aletta Theunissen
Household of Melt Van der Spuy Dreyer b4c2d1e2f7
He is married to Maria Elizabeth de Villiers.
They got married on April 19, 1880 at Cape Town, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa, he was 31 years old.
Child(ren):
- Daniel Johannes Dreyer 1899-????
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Historical events
Birthday August 17, 1848
- The temperature on August 17, 1848 was about 17.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northwest. Weather type: helder. Source: KNMI
- This page is only available in Dutch.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 November 21, 1848 till November 1, 1849 the Netherlands had a cabinet De Kempenaer - Donker Curtius with the prime ministers Mr. J.M. de Kempenaer (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. D. Donker Curtius (conservatief-liberaal).
- In the year 1848: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 3.1 million citizens.
- March 20 » German revolutions of 1848–49: King Ludwig I of Bavaria abdicates.
- March 23 » The ship John Wickliffe arrives at Port Chalmers carrying the first Scottish settlers for Dunedin, New Zealand. Otago province is founded.
- May 22 » Slavery is abolished in Martinique.
- July 19 » Women's rights: A two-day Women's Rights Convention opens in Seneca Falls, New York.
- July 29 » Irish Potato Famine: Tipperary Revolt: In County Tipperary, Ireland, then in the United Kingdom, an unsuccessful nationalist revolt against British rule is put down by police.
- December 5 » California Gold Rush: In a message to the United States Congress, U.S. President James K. Polk confirms that large amounts of gold had been discovered in California.
Day of marriage April 19, 1880
- The temperature on April 19, 1880 was about 13.0 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 69%. 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.
- May 13 » In Menlo Park, New Jersey, Thomas Edison performs the first test of his electric railway.
- June 28 » Australian bushranger Ned Kelly is captured at Glenrowan.
- June 29 » France annexes Tahiti, renaming the independent Kingdom of Tahiti as "Etablissements de français de l'Océanie".
- August 14 » Construction of Cologne Cathedral, the most famous landmark in Cologne, Germany, is completed.
- September 16 » The Cornell Daily Sun prints its first issue in Ithaca, New York. The Sun is the United States' oldest, continuously-independent college daily.
Day of death December 31, 1900
- The temperature on December 31, 1900 was about -2.2 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 94%. 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 27, 1897 to August 1, 1901 the cabinet Pierson, with Mr. N.G. Pierson (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
- In the year 1900: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
- February 23 » Second Boer War: During the Battle of the Tugela Heights, the first British attempt to take Hart's Hill fails.
- March 7 » The German liner SSKaiser Wilhelm der Grosse becomes the first ship to send wireless signals to shore.
- March 14 » The Gold Standard Act is ratified, placing the United States currency on the gold standard.
- April 5 » Archaeologists in Knossos, Crete, discover a large cache of clay tablets with hieroglyphic writing in a script they call Linear B.
- September 8 » Galveston hurricane: A powerful hurricane hits Galveston, Texas killing about 8,000 people.
- October 9 » The Cook Islands become a territory of the United Kingdom.
Same birth/death day
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- 1849 » William Kidston, Scottish-Australian politician, 17th Premier of Queensland († 1919)
- 1863 » Gene Stratton-Porter, American author and photographer († 1924)
- 1865 » Julia Marlowe, English-American actress († 1950)
- 1866 » Mahbub Ali Khan, Asaf Jah VI, Indian 6th Nizam of Hyderabad († 1911)
- 1890 » Pancha Carrasco, Costa Rican soldier (b. 1826)
- 1891 » Samuel Ajayi Crowther, Nigerian bishop and linguist (b. 1809)
- 1894 » Thomas Joannes Stieltjes, Dutch mathematician and academic (b. 1856)
- 1909 » Spencer Trask, American financier and philanthropist (b. 1844)
- 1910 » Archibald Hoxsey, American pilot (b. 1884)
- 1910 » John Moisant, American pilot and engineer (b. 1868)
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