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Personal data Lukas Willem Cornelius Dreyer


Household of Lukas Willem Cornelius Dreyer

(1) This person is married to Maria Elizabeth van Wyk.

They got married on November 24, 1890 at Potchefstroom, Transvaal, Suid-Afrika, at the age of 19 years.


Child(ren):

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


(2) This person is married to Anna Catharina van der Walt.

They got married in the year 1905 at Boshof Orange Freestate South Africa, at the age of 33 years.


Child(ren):

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  • The temperature on January 8, 1871 was about 1.3 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 3 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the southwest. The atmospheric humidity was 93%. 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.
    • March 22 » In North Carolina, William Woods Holden becomes the first governor of a U.S. state to be removed from office by impeachment.
    • March 28 » The Paris Commune is formally established in Paris.
    • May 21 » French troops invade the Paris Commune and engage its residents in street fighting. By the close of "Bloody Week", some 20,000 communards have been killed and 38,000 arrested.
    • July 2 » Victor Emmanuel II of Italy enters Rome after having conquered it from the Papal States.
    • July 30 » The Staten Island Ferry Westfield's boiler explodes, killing over 85 people.
    • October 10 » Chicago burns after a barn accident. The fire lasts from October 8–10.
  • 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.
    • April 14 » The Pan-American Union is founded by the First International Conference of American States in Washington, D.C.
    • July 1 » Canada and Bermuda are linked by telegraph cable.
    • July 27 » Vincent van Gogh shoots himself and dies two days later.
    • August 7 » Anna Månsdotter became the last woman to be executed in Sweden for the 1889 Yngsjö murder.
    • November 29 » The Meiji Constitution goes into effect in Japan, and the first Diet convenes.
    • December 29 » Wounded Knee Massacre on Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, 300 Lakota are killed by the United States 7th Cavalry Regiment.
  • The temperature on January 11, 1956 was between 1.8 °C and 7.2 °C and averaged 5.0 °C. There was 1.1 mm of rain during 1.4 hours. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south. 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.
    • January 1 » Sudan achieves independence from Egypt and the United Kingdom.
    • April 5 » In Sri Lanka, the Mahajana Eksath Peramuna win the general elections in a landslide and S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike is sworn in as the Prime Minister of Ceylon.
    • May 20 » In Operation Redwing, the first United States airborne hydrogen bomb is dropped over Bikini Atoll in the Pacific Ocean.
    • June 5 » Elvis Presley introduces his new single, "Hound Dog", on The Milton Berle Show, scandalizing the audience with his suggestive hip movements.
    • October 29 » Suez Crisis begins: Israeli forces invade the Sinai Peninsula and push Egyptian forces back toward the Suez Canal.
    • November 1 » Hungarian Revolution: Imre Nagy announces Hungary's neutrality and withdrawal from the Warsaw Pact. Soviet troops begin to re-enter Hungary, contrary to assurances by the Soviet government. János Kádár and Ferenc Münnich secretly defect to the Soviets.


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