Dreyer Tree » Anna Helena Elizabeth van der Merwe (1899-1946)

Personal data Anna Helena Elizabeth van der Merwe 


Household of Anna Helena Elizabeth van der Merwe

She is married to Johannes Augustinus 'Ockie" Dreyer.

They got married on September 10, 1918 at Edenville, Free State, South Afric, she was 18 years old.


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Birthday October 2, 1899

  • The temperature on October 2, 1899 was about 14.3 °C. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 70%. 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, 1897 to August 1, 1901 the cabinet Pierson, with Mr. N.G. Pierson (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1899: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
    • January 1 » Spanish rule ends in Cuba.
    • January 17 » The United States takes possession of Wake Island in the Pacific Ocean.
    • February 4 » The Philippine–American War begins with the Battle of Manila.
    • February 22 » Filipino forces led by General Antonio Luna launch counterattacks for the first time against the American forces during the Philippine–American War. The Filipinos fail to regain Manila from the Americans.
    • March 6 » Bayer registers "Aspirin" as a trademark.
    • November 2 » The Boers begin their 118-day siege of British-held Ladysmith during the Second Boer War.

Day of marriage September 10, 1918

  • The temperature on September 10, 1918 was between 11.0 °C and 17.5 °C and averaged 14.2 °C. There was 7.1 mm of rain. There was 3.6 hours of sunshine (28%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the 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 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 Netherlands , there was from September 9, 1918 to September 18, 1922 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck I, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1918: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 6.6 million citizens.
    • July 15 » World War I: The Second Battle of the Marne begins near the River Marne with a German attack.
    • August 29 » World War I: Bapaume taken by the New Zealand Division in the Hundred Days Offensive.
    • August 30 » Fanni Kaplan shoots and seriously injures Bolshevik leader Vladimir Lenin, which along with the assassination of Bolshevik senior official Moisei Uritsky days earlier, prompts the decree for Red Terror.
    • September 28 » World War I: The Fifth Battle of Ypres begins.
    • November 23 » Heber J. Grant succeeds Joseph F. Smith as the seventh president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
    • December 17 » Darwin Rebellion: Up to 1,000 demonstrators march on Government House in Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia.

Day of death June 10, 1946

  • The temperature on June 10, 1946 was between 10.6 °C and 18.5 °C and averaged 14.5 °C. There was 10.8 mm of rain during 4.7 hours. There was 3.5 hours of sunshine (21%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • From June 24, 1945 till July 3, 1946 the Netherlands had a cabinet Schermerhorn - Drees with the prime ministers Prof. ir. W. Schermerhorn (VDB) and W. Drees (PvdA).
  • In The Netherlands , there was from July 3, 1946 to August 7, 1948 the cabinet Beel I, with Dr. L.J.M. Beel (KVP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1946: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 9.3 million citizens.
    • January 19 » General Douglas MacArthur establishes the International Military Tribunal for the Far East in Tokyo to try Japanese war criminals.
    • January 22 » In Iran, Qazi Muhammad declares the independent people's Republic of Mahabad at Chahar Cheragh Square in the Kurdish city of Mahabad; he becomes the new president and Haji Baba Sheikh becomes the prime minister.
    • February 12 » African American United States Army veteran Isaac Woodard is severely beaten by a South Carolina police officer to the point where he loses his vision in both eyes. The incident later galvanizes the civil rights movement and partially inspires Orson Welles' film Touch of Evil.
    • April 20 » The League of Nations officially dissolves, giving most of its power to the United Nations.
    • May 21 » Physicist Louis Slotin is fatally irradiated in a criticality incident during an experiment with the demon core at Los Alamos National Laboratory.
    • July 22 » King David Hotel bombing: A Zionist underground organisation, the Irgun, bombs the King David Hotel in Jerusalem, site of the civil administration and military headquarters for Mandatory Palestine, resulting in 91 deaths.


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