Dreyer Tree » Martha Catharina Stoffelina Dreyer (1876-1964)
Personal data Martha Catharina Stoffelina Dreyer
- She was born on September 5, 1876 in Queenstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
- She died on May 5, 1964 in Ermelo, Transvaal, South Africa, she was 87 years old.
- A child of Lucas Ignatius Dreyer
Household of Martha Catharina Stoffelina Dreyer
She is married to Gert van der Merwe.
They got married on March 25, 1896 at Wakkerstroom, Transvaal, South Africa, she was 19 years old.
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Historical events
Birthday September 5, 1876
- The temperature on September 5, 1876 was about 21.3 °C. The air pressure was 18 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 62%. Source: KNMI
- Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
- From August 27, 1874 till November 3, 1877 the Netherlands had a cabinet Heemskerk - Van Lijnden van Sandenburg with the prime ministers Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) and Mr. C.Th. baron Van Lijnden van Sandenburg (AR).
- In the year 1876: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
- February 14 » Alexander Graham Bell applies for a patent for the telephone, as does Elisha Gray.
- April 20 » The April Uprising begins. Its suppression shocks European opinion, and Bulgarian independence becomes a condition for ending the Russo-Turkish War.
- May 2 » The April Uprising breaks out in Ottoman Bulgaria.
- June 4 » An express train called the Transcontinental Express arrives in San Francisco, via the First Transcontinental Railroad only 83 hours and 39 minutes after leaving New York City.
- August 8 » Thomas Edison receives a patent for his mimeograph.
- November 23 » Corrupt Tammany Hall leader William Magear Tweed (better known as Boss Tweed) is delivered to authorities in New York City after being captured in Spain.
Day of marriage March 25, 1896
- The temperature on March 25, 1896 was about 12.7 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 83%. 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 May 9, 1894 to July 27, 1897 the cabinet Roëll, with Jonkheer mr. J. Roëll (oud-liberaal) as prime minister.
- In the year 1896: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
- April 15 » Closing ceremony of the Games of the I Olympiad in Athens, Greece.
- June 15 » The deadliest tsunami in Japan's history kills more than 22,000 people.
- July 28 » The city of Miami, Florida is incorporated.
- August 27 » Anglo-Zanzibar War: The shortest war in world history (09:02 to 09:40), between the United Kingdom and Zanzibar.
- November 27 » Also sprach Zarathustra by Richard Strauss is first performed.
- December 30 » Filipino patriot and reform advocate José Rizal is executed by a Spanish firing squad in Manila.
Day of death May 5, 1964
- The temperature on May 5, 1964 was between 8.3 °C and 14.4 °C and averaged 10.9 °C. There was 1.8 mm of rain during 0.5 hours. There was 8.6 hours of sunshine (57%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. 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 year 1964: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 12.0 million citizens.
- March 20 » The precursor of the European Space Agency, ESRO (European Space Research Organisation) is established per an agreement signed on June 14, 1962.
- May 2 » Vietnam War: An explosion sinks the American aircraft carrier USNS Card while it is docked at Saigon. Two Viet Cong combat swimmers had placed explosives on the ship's hull. She is raised and returned to service less than seven months later.
- June 19 » The Civil Rights Act of 1964 is approved after surviving an 83-day filibuster in the United States Senate.
- July 27 » Vietnam War: Five thousand more American military advisers are sent to South Vietnam bringing the total number of United States forces in Vietnam to 21,000.
- August 16 » Vietnam War: A coup d'état replaces Dương Văn Minh with General Nguyễn Khánh as President of South Vietnam. A new constitution is established with aid from the U.S. Embassy.
- October 22 » Jean-Paul Sartre is awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature, but turns down the honor.
Same birth/death day
- 1872 » Horace Rice, Australian tennis player († 1950)
- 1872 » V. O. Chidambaram Pillai, Indian lawyer and politician († 1936)
- 1873 » Cornelius Vanderbilt III, American general and engineer († 1942)
- 1874 » Nap Lajoie, American baseball player and manager († 1959)
- 1876 » Wilhelm Ritter von Leeb, German field marshal († 1956)
- 1880 » José María of Manila, Spanish-Filipino priest and martyr († 1936)
- 1957 » Leopold Löwenheim, German mathematician and logician (b. 1878)
- 1959 » Carlos Saavedra Lamas, Argentinian academic and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1878)
- 1962 » Ernest Tyldesley, English cricketer (b. 1889)
- 1965 » John Waters, American director and screenwriter (b. 1893)
- 1965 » Nikos Gounaris, Greek tenor and composer (b. 1915)
- 1971 » Violet Jessop, Argentinean-English nurse (b. 1887)
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The Dreyer Tree publication was prepared by Hendrik Dreyer.
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Hendrik Dreyer, "Dreyer Tree", database, Genealogy Online (https://www.genealogieonline.nl/dreyer-tree/I12156.php : accessed February 5, 2026), "Martha Catharina Stoffelina Dreyer (1876-1964)".
Hendrik Dreyer, "Dreyer Tree", database, Genealogy Online (https://www.genealogieonline.nl/dreyer-tree/I12156.php : accessed February 5, 2026), "Martha Catharina Stoffelina Dreyer (1876-1964)".