Dreyer Tree » Wynand Jacobus Dreyer (1892-1955)

Personal data Wynand Jacobus Dreyer 


Household of Wynand Jacobus Dreyer

(1) He is married to Martha Elizabeth Venter.

They got married


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(2) He is married to Anna Jacoba van Wijk.

They got married on March 28, 1922 at Boshof FS, he was 29 years old.


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(3) He is married to zCatharina Johanna Potgieter.

They got married


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Historical events

  • The temperature on August 12, 1892 was about 17.2 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 79%. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • Regentes Emma (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1898 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from August 21, 1891 to May 9, 1894 the cabinet Van Tienhoven, with Mr. G. van Tienhoven (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1892: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
    • January 1 » Ellis Island begins processing immigrants into the United States.
    • January 15 » James Naismith publishes the rules of basketball.
    • September 8 » The Pledge of Allegiance is first recited.
    • September 28 » The first night game for American football takes place in a contest between Wyoming Seminary and Mansfield State Normal.
    • October 12 » The Pledge of Allegiance is first recited by students in many US public schools.
    • December 9 » English football club Newcastle United is founded.
  • The temperature on March 28, 1922 was between -0.3 °C and 6.0 °C and averaged 2.9 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 1.2 hours of sunshine (9%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. 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 9, 1918 to September 18, 1922 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck I, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from September 19, 1922 to August 4, 1925 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck II, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1922: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 7.0 million citizens.
    • February 2 » Ulysses by James Joyce is published.
    • June 1 » The Royal Ulster Constabulary is founded.
    • August 22 » Michael Collins, Commander-in-chief of the Irish Free State Army, is shot dead in an ambush during the Irish Civil War.
    • September 13 » The final act of the Greco-Turkish War, the Great Fire of Smyrna, commences.
    • October 28 » Italian fascists led by Benito Mussolini march on Rome and take over the Italian government.
    • November 24 » Nine Irish Republican Army members are executed by an Irish Free State firing squad. Among them is author Erskine Childers, who had been arrested for illegally carrying a revolver.
  • The temperature on December 21, 1955 was between -0.6 °C and 5.5 °C and averaged 2.7 °C. There was 1.4 mm of rain during 2.0 hours. The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. 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 September 2, 1952 to October 13, 1956 the cabinet Drees II, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1955: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 10.7 million citizens.
    • April 12 » The polio vaccine, developed by Dr. Jonas Salk, is declared safe and effective.
    • July 9 » The Russell–Einstein Manifesto calls for a reduction of the risk of nuclear warfare.
    • August 28 » Black teenager Emmett Till is brutally murdered in Mississippi, galvanizing the nascent civil rights movement.
    • October 26 » After the last Allied troops have left the country, and following the provisions of the Austrian Independence Treaty, Austria declares that it will never join a military alliance.
    • December 14 » Albania, Austria, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Ceylon, Finland, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Jordan, Laos, Libya, Nepal, Portugal, Romania and Spain join the United Nations through United Nations Security Council Resolution 109.
    • December 31 » General Motors becomes the first U.S. corporation to make over US$1 billion in a year.


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  • 1953 » Kaarlo Koskelo, Finnish-American wrestler and businessman (b. 1888)
  • 1957 » Eric Coates, English-American viola player and composer (b. 1886)
  • 1958 » H.B. Warner, English actor (b. 1875)
  • 1958 » Lion Feuchtwanger, German-American author and playwright (b. 1884)
  • 1959 » Rosanjin, Japanese calligrapher, engraver, and painter (b. 1883)

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