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Personal data Sophia Helena van Zyl 


Household of Sophia Helena van Zyl

She is married to Hermanus Jacobus Dreyer.

They got married on June 24, 1913 at Vanrhynsdorp, West Coast DC, Western Cape, South A, she was 28 years old.


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Historical events

Birthday May 3, 1885

  • The temperature on May 3, 1885 was about 11.6 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the north-northeast. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 84%. 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 April 23, 1884 to April 21, 1888 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1885: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
    • February 18 » Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain is published in the United States.
    • April 24 » American sharpshooter Annie Oakley is hired by Nate Salsbury to be a part of Buffalo Bill's Wild West.
    • May 2 » Cree and Assiniboine warriors win the Battle of Cut Knife, their largest victory over Canadian forces during the North-West Rebellion.
    • August 14 » Japan's first patent is issued to the inventor of a rust-proof paint.
    • September 22 » Lord Randolph Churchill makes a speech in Ulster in opposition to the Irish Home Rule movement.
    • November 19 » Serbo-Bulgarian War: Bulgarian victory in the Battle of Slivnitsa solidifies the unification between the Principality of Bulgaria and Eastern Rumelia.

Day of marriage June 24, 1913

  • The temperature on June 24, 1913 was between 12.1 °C and 17.7 °C and averaged 14.1 °C. There was 1.1 mm of rain. There was 4.4 hours of sunshine (26%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. 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 February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from August 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1913: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 6.1 million citizens.
    • February 5 » Greek military aviators, Michael Moutoussis and Aristeidis Moraitinis perform the first naval air mission in history, with a Farman MF.7 hydroplane.
    • March 4 » First Balkan War: The Greek army engages the Turks at Bizani, resulting in victory two days later.
    • April 24 » The Woolworth Building, a skyscraper in New York City, is opened.
    • May 30 » The Treaty of London is signed, ending the First Balkan War; Albania becomes an independent nation.
    • August 13 » First production in the UK of stainless steel by Harry Brearley.
    • December 1 » The Buenos Aires Metro, the first underground railway system in the Southern Hemisphere and in Latin America, begins operation.

Day of death May 3, 1936

  • The temperature on May 3, 1936 was between 5.5 °C and 17.1 °C and averaged 11.4 °C. There was 6.8 hours of sunshine (45%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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 July 31, 1935 to June 24, 1937 the cabinet Colijn III, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1936: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 8.5 million citizens.
    • April 6 » Tupelo–Gainesville tornado outbreak: Another tornado from the same storm system as the Tupelo tornado hits Gainesville, Georgia, killing 203.
    • May 26 » In the House of Commons of Northern Ireland, Tommy Henderson begins speaking on the Appropriation Bill. By the time he sits down in the early hours of the following morning, he had spoken for ten hours.
    • June 11 » The London International Surrealist Exhibition opens.
    • July 6 » A major breach of the Manchester Bolton & Bury Canal in England sends millions of gallons of water cascading 200 feet (61m) into the River Irwell.
    • August 19 » The Great Purge of the Soviet Union begins when the first of the Moscow Trials is convened.
    • October 1 » Spanish Civil War: The Central Committee of Antifascist Militias of Catalonia dissolves itself, handing control of Catalan defence militias over to the Generalitat.


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