Dreyer Tree » Maria Elizabeth van Wyk (1870-1902)

Personal data Maria Elizabeth van Wyk 


Household of Maria Elizabeth van Wyk

She is married to Lukas Willem Cornelius Dreyer.

They got married on November 24, 1890 at Potchefstroom, Transvaal, Suid-Afrika, she was 19 years old.


Child(ren):

  2. Lukas Abraham Dreyer  1893-1969 
  3. Louis Johannes Dreyer  1897-1976 

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Day of marriage November 24, 1890

  • The temperature on November 24, 1890 was about 8.5 °C. There was 23 mm of rain. The air pressure was 5 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 73 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 98%. Source: KNMI
  • Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • 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 April 21, 1888 to August 21, 1891 the cabinet Mackay, with Mr. A. baron Mackay (AR) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1890: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
    • March 4 » The longest bridge in Great Britain, the Forth Bridge in Scotland, measuring 1,710 feet (520m) long, is opened by the Duke of Rothesay, later King Edward VII.
    • June 1 » The United States Census Bureau begins using Herman Hollerith's tabulating machine to count census returns.
    • July 1 » Canada and Bermuda are linked by telegraph cable.
    • July 3 » Idaho is admitted as the 43rd U.S. state.
    • July 26 » In Buenos Aires, Argentina the Revolución del Parque takes place, forcing President Miguel Ángel Juárez Celman's resignation.
    • October 1 » Yosemite National Park is established by the U.S. Congress.

Day of death January 21, 1902

  • The temperature on January 21, 1902 was between 7.6 °C and 8.5 °C and averaged 8.0 °C. 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 1, 1901 to August 16, 1905 the cabinet Kuijper, with Dr. A. Kuijper (AR) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1902: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.2 million citizens.
    • April 18 » The 7.5 Mw  Guatemala earthquake shakes Guatemala with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe), killing between 800–2,000.
    • April 20 » Pierre and Marie Curie refine radium chloride.
    • May 20 » Cuba gains independence from the United States. Tomás Estrada Palma becomes the country's first President.
    • May 31 » Second Boer War: The Treaty of Vereeniging ends the war and ensures British control of South Africa.
    • August 22 » Cadillac Motor Company is founded.
    • December 10 » The opening of the reservoir of the Aswan Dam in Egypt.


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