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Household of Lawrence Dreyer

He is married to Gerbreghta Elizabeth Kock.

They got married on August 20, 1908 at Richmond, Cape Province, he was 38 years old.

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  • The temperature on November 20, 1869 was about 1.8 °C. There was 1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the northwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 94%. 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 June 4, 1868 till January 4, 1871 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Bosse - Fock with the prime ministers Mr. P.P. van Bosse (liberaal) and Mr. C. Fock (liberaal).
  • In the year 1869: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
    • March 6 » Dmitri Mendeleev presents the first periodic table to the Russian Chemical Society.
    • June 27 » The Republic of Ezo on the island of Hokkaido ends after being defeated by Japanese Imperial troops.
    • August 29 » The Mount Washington Cog Railway opens, making it the world's first mountain-climbing rack railway.
    • November 6 » In New Brunswick, New Jersey, Rutgers College defeats Princeton University (then known as the College of New Jersey), 6–4, in the first official intercollegiate American football game.
    • November 22 » In Dumbarton, Scotland, the clipper Cutty Sark is launched
    • December 7 » American outlaw Jesse James commits his first confirmed bank robbery in Gallatin, Missouri.
  • The temperature on August 20, 1908 was between 11.7 °C and 24.6 °C and averaged 18.1 °C. There was 8.7 hours of sunshine (60%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east. 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 17, 1905 to February 11, 1908 the cabinet De Meester, with Mr. Th. de Meester (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
  • 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 year 1908: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.7 million citizens.
    • January 15 » The Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority becomes the first Greek-letter organization founded and established by African American college women.
    • February 1 » Lisbon Regicide: King Carlos I of Portugal and Infante Luis Filipe are shot dead in Lisbon.
    • March 9 » Inter Milan was founded on Football Club Internazionale, following a schism from A.C. Milan.
    • July 1 » SOS is adopted as the international distress signal.
    • September 27 » Production of the Model T automobile begins at the Ford Piquette Avenue Plant in Detroit.
    • November 22 » The Congress of Manastir establishes the Albanian alphabet.
  • The temperature on May 16, 1930 was between 9.2 °C and 16.6 °C and averaged 13.0 °C. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) 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 August 10, 1929 to May 26, 1933 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck III, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1930: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 7.8 million citizens.
    • March 29 » Heinrich Brüning is appointed German Reichskanzler.
    • May 7 » The 7.1 Mw  Salmas earthquake shakes northwestern Iran and southeastern Turkey with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent). Up to three-thousand people were killed.
    • May 24 » Amy Johnson lands in Darwin, Northern Territory, becoming the first woman to fly solo from England to Australia (she left on May 5 for the 11,000 mile flight).
    • June 16 » Sovnarkom establishes decree time in the USSR.
    • August 29 » The last 36 remaining inhabitants of St Kilda are voluntarily evacuated to other parts of Scotland.
    • October 5 » British airship R101 crashes in France en route to India on its maiden voyage.


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