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Personal data Kmdt Theunis Frederik Jacobus Dreyer b5c1d3e12f1 


Household of Kmdt Theunis Frederik Jacobus Dreyer b5c1d3e12f1

He is married to Dirkje Cornelia Jacoba Breytenbach.

They got married on June 22, 1884 at Potchefstroom, he was 24 years old.


Child(ren):

  1. Jacob Johannes Dreyer  1889-1980 


Notes about Kmdt Theunis Frederik Jacobus Dreyer b5c1d3e12f1

Tydens die Anglo-Boereoorlog (1899-1902) was Theunis Frederick Jacobus DREYER (geb 1860) ‘n Boere-kommandant van die ZAR. Hy maak die beleg van Mafeking en verskeie ander gevegte aan die wesgrens mee as gewone burger in die Potchefstroom kommando. Toe Generaal Piet Cronje in Februaarie 1900 oorgee, is hy gelukkig genoeg om te ontvlug. Hy word genoem in die slag van Abrahamskraal. Na die besetting van Pretoria word hy veldkornet en daarna kommandant. Hy veg by Rustenburg, Klerksdorp en Potchefstroom. Na Augustus 1901 gaan hy saam met genl JC Smuts na Kaapland. Hy word op 28 September in die Suid-Vrystaat na ‘n geveg gevange geneem en na Indie gestuur. Vanaf 1920 tot 1924 was hy LV vir Losberg.

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  • The temperature on January 28, 1860 was about 1.6 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 89%. 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 March 18, 1858 till February 23, 1860 the Netherlands had a cabinet Rochussen - Van Bosse with the prime ministers J.J. Rochussen (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. P.P. van Bosse (liberaal).
  • From February 23, 1860 till March 14, 1861 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Hall - Van Heemstra with the prime ministers Mr. F.A. baron Van Hall (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. S. baron Van Heemstra (liberaal).
  • In the year 1860: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.3 million citizens.
    • January 1 » The first Polish stamp is issued, replacing the Russian stamps previously in use.
    • March 17 » The First Taranaki War begins in Taranaki, New Zealand, a major phase of the New Zealand Wars.
    • March 28 » First Taranaki War: The Battle of Waireka begins.
    • April 6 » The Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, later renamed Community of Christ, is organized by Joseph Smith III and others at Amboy, Illinois.
    • June 23 » The United States Congress establishes the Government Printing Office.
    • September 8 » The steamship PSLady Elgin sinks on Lake Michigan, with the loss of around 300 lives.
  • The temperature on June 22, 1884 was about 13.1 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 77%. Source: KNMI
  • Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from April 23, 1884 to April 21, 1888 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1884: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
    • January 4 » The Fabian Society is founded in London, United Kingdom.
    • February 1 » The first volume (A to Ant) of the Oxford English Dictionary is published.
    • June 16 » The first purpose-built roller coaster, LaMarcus Adna Thompson's "Switchback Railway", opens in New York's Coney Island amusement park.
    • October 6 » The Naval War College of the United States is founded in Rhode Island.
    • October 14 » George Eastman receives a U.S. Government patent on his new paper-strip photographic film.
    • December 6 » The Washington Monument in Washington, D.C., is completed.
  • The temperature on March 4, 1943 was between -0.7 °C and 10.2 °C and averaged 4.6 °C. There was 5.1 hours of sunshine (46%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. 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, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1943: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 9.1 million citizens.
    • February 20 » The Saturday Evening Post publishes the first of Norman Rockwell's Four Freedoms in support of United States President Franklin Roosevelt's 1941 State of the Union address theme of Four Freedoms.
    • April 13 » The Jefferson Memorial is dedicated in Washington, D.C., on the 200th anniversary of President Thomas Jefferson's birth.
    • July 4 » World War II: In Gibraltar, a Royal Air Force B-24 Liberator bomber crashes into the sea in an apparent accident moments after takeoff, killing sixteen passengers on board, including general Władysław Sikorski, the commander-in-chief of the Polish Army and the Prime Minister of the Polish government-in-exile; only the pilot survives.
    • July 23 » World War II: The British destroyers HMSEclipse and HMSLaforey sink the Italian submarineAscianghi in the Mediterranean after she torpedoes the cruiser HMSNewfoundland.
    • September 18 » World War II: Adolf Hitler orders the deportation of Danish Jews.
    • November 5 » World War II: Bombing of the Vatican.


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