Dreyer Tree » Johannes Philippus Andries Dreyer (1846-1956)
Personal data Johannes Philippus Andries Dreyer
- He was born on September 17, 1846 in Winburg, Free State, South Africa.
Attention: Was older than 65 years (78) when child (Johannes Phillippus "Jan" Dreyer) was born (March 28, 1925). Attention: Was older than 65 years (69) when child (Helgardt Petrus Dreyer) was born (February 6, 1916). - He died on August 21, 1956, he was 109 years old. Attention: Age above 100 years (110).
- A child of Johannes Philippus Dreyer and Susanna Jacoba Holtzhausen
Household of Johannes Philippus Andries Dreyer
Attention: Partner (Susanna Johanna Helena Potgieter) is 45 years younger.
(1) He is married to Susanna Johanna Helena Potgieter.
They got married Marriage: 30-03-1914 at Bethal, Bethal, Transvaal, South Africa, he was 67 years old.
Child(ren):
- Helgardt Petrus Dreyer 1916-1958
(2) He is married to Maria Petronella Minnaar.
They got married
Child(ren):
- Johann Philippus Dreyer 1893-1961
(3) He is married to Susanna Jacoba de Jager Steenkamp.
They got married
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Historical events
Birthday September 17, 1846
- The temperature on September 17, 1846 was about 17.0 °C. Wind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: half bewolkt dampig. Source: KNMI
- This page is only available in Dutch.De Republiek der Verenigde Nederlanden werd in 1794-1795 door de Fransen veroverd onder leiding van bevelhebber Charles Pichegru (geholpen door de Nederlander Herman Willem Daendels); de verovering werd vergemakkelijkt door het dichtvriezen van de Waterlinie; Willem V moest op 18 januari 1795 uitwijken naar Engeland (en van daaruit in 1801 naar Duitsland); de patriotten namen de macht over van de aristocratische regenten en proclameerden de Bataafsche Republiek; op 16 mei 1795 werd het Haags Verdrag gesloten, waarmee ons land een vazalstaat werd van Frankrijk; in 3.1796 kwam er een Nationale Vergadering; in 1798 pleegde Daendels een staatsgreep, die de unitarissen aan de macht bracht; er kwam een nieuwe grondwet, die een Vertegenwoordigend Lichaam (met een Eerste en Tweede Kamer) instelde en als regering een Directoire; in 1799 sloeg Daendels bij Castricum een Brits-Russische invasie af; in 1801 kwam er een nieuwe grondwet; bij de Vrede van Amiens (1802) kreeg ons land van Engeland zijn koloniën terug (behalve Ceylon); na de grondwetswijziging van 1805 kwam er een raadpensionaris als eenhoofdig gezag, namelijk Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck (van 31 oktober 1761 tot 25 maart 1825).
- In the year 1846: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 3.1 million citizens.
- May 11 » President James K. Polk asked for a Declaration of War against Mexico, starting the Mexican–American War.
- May 13 » Mexican–American War: The United States declares war on the Federal Republic of Mexico following a dispute over the American annexation of the Republic of Texas and a Mexican military incursion.
- June 16 » The Papal conclave of 1846 elects Pope Pius IX, beginning the longest reign in the history of the papacy.
- August 10 » The Smithsonian Institution is chartered by the United States Congress after James Smithson donates $500,000.
- September 12 » Elizabeth Barrett elopes with Robert Browning.
- September 19 » Two French shepherd children, Mélanie Calvat and Maximin Giraud, experience a Marian apparition on a mountaintop near La Salette, France, now known as Our Lady of La Salette.
Day of death August 21, 1956
- The temperature on August 21, 1956 was between 6.6 °C and 18.4 °C and averaged 13.5 °C. There was 9.8 hours of sunshine (68%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. 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 September 2, 1952 to October 13, 1956 the cabinet Drees II, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
- In The Netherlands , there was from October 13, 1956 to December 22, 1957 the cabinet Drees III, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
- In the year 1956: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 10.8 million citizens.
- April 3 » Hudsonville–Standale tornado: The western half of the Lower Peninsula of Michigan is struck by a deadly F5 tornado.
- April 5 » Cuban Revolution: Fidel Castro declares himself at war with Cuban President Fulgencio Batista.
- June 11 » Start of Gal Oya riots, the first reported ethnic riots that target minority Sri Lankan Tamils in the Eastern Province. The total number of deaths is reportedly 150.
- November 5 » Suez Crisis: British and French paratroopers land in Egypt after a week-long bombing campaign.
- December 4 » The Million Dollar Quartet (Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins, and Johnny Cash) get together at Sun Studio for the first and last time.
- December 12 » United Nations Security Council Resolution 121 relating to acceptance of Japan to United Nations is adopted.
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Hendrik Dreyer, "Dreyer Tree", database, Genealogy Online (https://www.genealogieonline.nl/dreyer-tree/I12674.php : accessed May 1, 2025), "Johannes Philippus Andries Dreyer (1846-1956)".