Dreyer Tree » Lucas Willem Cornelius Dreyer (1871-1909)
Personal data Lucas Willem Cornelius Dreyer
- He was born on August 1, 1871 in Potchefstroom, Transvaal, South Africa.
- He died on August 9, 1909 in Nooitgedact, Zoutpansberg Transvaal South Africa, he was 38 years old.
- A child of Christiaan Lourens Dreyer and Anna Maria Magrietha ." Magaretha" Engelbrecht
Household of Lucas Willem Cornelius Dreyer
He is married to Henriette Wilhelmina Klaase.
They got married on June 29, 1896 at Pietersburg, Soutpansberg, Transvaal, Suid-Afrika, he was 24 years old.
Child(ren):
- Gerhardus Jacobus Dreyer 1905-
Timeline Lucas Willem Cornelius Dreyer
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Historical events
Birthday August 1, 1871
- The temperature on August 1, 1871 was about 22.0 °C. The air pressure was 3 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the southwest. The atmospheric humidity was 63%. 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 Netherlands , there was from January 4, 1871 to July 6, 1872 the cabinet Thorbecke III, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
- In the year 1871: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
- February 17 » The victorious Prussian Army parades through Paris, France, after the end of the Siege of Paris during the Franco-Prussian War.
- March 21 » Journalist Henry Morton Stanley begins his trek to find the missionary and explorer David Livingstone.
- March 27 » The first international rugby football match, when Scotland defeats England in Edinburgh at Raeburn Place.
- March 28 » The Paris Commune is formally established in Paris.
- June 16 » The Universities Tests Act 1871 allows students to enter the universities of Oxford, Cambridge and Durham without religious tests (except for those intending to study theology).
- September 20 » Bishop John Coleridge Patteson, first bishop of Melanesia, is martyred on Nukapu, now in the Solomon Islands.
Day of marriage June 29, 1896
- The temperature on June 29, 1896 was about 16.9 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 67%. Source: KNMI
- Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
- Regentes Emma (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1898 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
- In The Netherlands , there was from May 9, 1894 to July 27, 1897 the cabinet Roëll, with Jonkheer mr. J. Roëll (oud-liberaal) as prime minister.
- In the year 1896: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
- January 4 » Utah is admitted as the 45th U.S. state.
- March 1 » Battle of Adwa: An Ethiopian army defeats an outnumbered Italian force, ending the First Italo-Ethiopian War.
- March 20 » With the approval of Emperor Guangxu, the Qing dynasty post office is opened, marking the beginning of a postal service in China.
- July 9 » William Jennings Bryan delivers his Cross of Gold speech advocating bimetallism at the 1896 Democratic National Convention in Chicago.
- August 17 » Bridget Driscoll became the first recorded case of a pedestrian killed in a collision with a motor car in the United Kingdom.
- September 22 » Queen Victoria surpasses her grandfather King George III as the longest reigning monarch in British history.
Day of death August 9, 1909
- The temperature on August 9, 1909 was between 15.3 °C and 26.5 °C and averaged 20.3 °C. There was 29.1 mm of rain. There was 10.1 hours of sunshine (67%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) 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 February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
- In the year 1909: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 5.8 million citizens.
- January 9 » Ernest Shackleton, leading the Nimrod Expedition to the South Pole, plants the British flag 97 nautical miles (180km; 112mi) from the South Pole, the farthest anyone had ever reached at that time.
- February 26 » Kinemacolor, the first successful color motion picture process, is first shown to the general public at the Palace Theatre in London.
- April 6 » Robert Peary and Matthew Henson become the first people to reach the North Pole; Peary's claim has been disputed because of failings in his navigational ability.
- August 19 » The first automobile race at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
- September 30 » The Cunard Line's RMS Mauretania makes a record-breaking westbound crossing of the Atlantic, that will not be bettered for 20 years.
- December 10 » Selma Lagerlöf becomes the first female writer to win the Nobel Prize in Literature.
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