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.
- March 2 » The enactment of the Jones–Shafroth Act grants Puerto Ricans United States citizenship.
- March 8 » The United States Senate votes to limit filibusters by adopting the cloture rule.
- April 6 » World War I: The United States declares war on Germany (see President Woodrow Wilson's address to Congress).
- August 28 » Ten Suffragettes are arrested while picketing the White House.
- December 6 » World War I: USSJacob Jones is the first American destroyer to be sunk by enemy action when it is torpedoed by German submarine SMU-53.
- December 15 » World War I: An armistice between Russia and the Central Powers is signed.
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.
- February 2 » World War II: The Battle of Stalingrad comes to an end when Soviet troops accept the surrender of the last organized German troops in the city.
- May 13 » World War II: Operations Vulcan and Strike force the surrender of the last Axis troops in Tunisia.
- July 4 » World War II: The Battle of Kursk, the largest full-scale battle in history and the world's largest tank battle, begins in the village of Prokhorovka.
- July 25 » World War II: Benito Mussolini is forced out of office by the Grand Council of Fascism and is replaced by Pietro Badoglio.
- September 5 » World War II: The 503rd Parachute Infantry Regiment lands and occupies Lae Nadzab Airport, near Lae in the Salamaua–Lae campaign.
- October 17 » Nazi Holocaust in Poland: Sobibór extermination camp is closed.
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Hendrik Dreyer, "Dreyer Tree", database, Genealogy Online (https://www.genealogieonline.nl/dreyer-tree/I12431.php : accessed January 25, 2026), "Lucas Ignatius Dreyer (1917-1980)".