Dreyer Tree » Lucas Ignatius Dreyer (1917-1980)
Personal data Lucas Ignatius Dreyer
- He was born on December 2, 1917.
- He died in the year 1980 in Jan Kempdorp, Northern Cape, South Africa, he was 62 years old.
- A child of Thomas Frederik Theodorus Dreyer and Anna Sophia Visser
Household of Lucas Ignatius Dreyer
He is married to Maria Catharina Rossouw.
They got married on February 20, 1943 at Kimberley, Cape Province, South Africa, he was 25 years old.
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Birthday December 2, 1917
- The temperature on December 2, 1917 was between -0.2 °C and 6.1 °C and averaged 3.4 °C. There was 5.5 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 6 Bft (strong wind) and was prevailing from the west-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 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 1917: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 6.5 million citizens.
- January 31 » World War I: Germany announces that its U-boats will resume unrestricted submarine warfare after a two-year hiatus.
- April 2 » World War I: United States President Woodrow Wilson asks the U.S. Congress for a declaration of war on Germany.
- April 6 » World War I: The United States declares war on Germany (see President Woodrow Wilson's address to Congress).
- November 2 » The Balfour Declaration proclaims British support for the "establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people" with the clear understanding "that nothing shall be done which may prejudice the civil and religious rights of existing non-Jewish communities".
- November 25 » World War I: German forces defeat Portuguese army of about 1,200 at Negomano on the border of modern-day Mozambique and Tanzania.
- December 9 » World War I: Field Marshal Allenby captures Jerusalem, Palestine.
Day of marriage February 20, 1943
- The temperature on February 20, 1943 was between -0.6 °C and 12.3 °C and averaged 6.2 °C. There was 7.4 hours of sunshine (72%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) 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 July 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
- In the year 1943: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 9.1 million citizens.
- January 11 » The Republic of China agrees to the Sino-British New Equal Treaty and the Sino-American New Equal Treaty.
- March 13 » German forces liquidate the Jewish ghetto in Kraków.
- April 8 » U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, in an attempt to check inflation, freezes wages and prices, prohibits workers from changing jobs unless the war effort would be aided thereby, and bars rate increases by common carriers and public utilities.
- November 20 » World War II: Battle of Tarawa (Operation Galvanic) begins: United States Marines land on Tarawa Atoll in the Gilbert Islands and suffer heavy fire from Japanese shore guns and machine guns.
- December 5 » World War II: Allied air forces begin attacking Germany's secret weapons bases in Operation Crossbow.
- December 15 » World War II: The Battle of Arawe begins during the New Britain campaign.
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Hendrik Dreyer, "Dreyer Tree", database, Genealogy Online (https://www.genealogieonline.nl/dreyer-tree/I12431.php : accessed January 24, 2026), "Lucas Ignatius Dreyer (1917-1980)".