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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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Historical events

  • 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.
    • March 17 » The First Taranaki War begins in Taranaki, New Zealand, a major phase of the New Zealand Wars.
    • March 24 » Sakuradamon Incident: Assassination of Japanese Chief Minister (Tairō) Ii Naosuke.
    • April 9 » On his phonautograph machine, Édouard-Léon Scott de Martinville makes the oldest known recording of an audible human voice.
    • June 23 » The United States Congress establishes the Government Printing Office.
    • June 30 » The 1860 Oxford evolution debate at the Oxford University Museum of Natural History takes place.
    • September 7 » Italian unification: Giuseppe Garibaldi enters Naples.
  • 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.
    • March 13 » The Siege of Khartoum begins. It lasts until January 26, 1885.
    • April 20 » Pope Leo XIII publishes the encyclical Humanum genus.
    • May 1 » Moses Fleetwood Walker becomes the first black person to play in a professional baseball game in the United States.
    • May 1 » The Federation of Organized Trades and Labor Unions demands the eight-hour work day in the United States.
    • August 5 » The cornerstone for the Statue of Liberty is laid on Bedloe's Island (now Liberty Island) in New York Harbor.
    • December 10 » Mark Twain's Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is published.
  • 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 19 » World War II: Battle of Kasserine Pass in Tunisia begins.
    • April 8 » U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, in an attempt to check inflation, freezes wages and prices, prohibits workers from changing jobs unless the war effort would be aided thereby, and bars rate increases by common carriers and public utilities.
    • May 30 » The Holocaust: Josef Mengele becomes chief medical officer of the Zigeunerfamilienlager (Romani family camp) at Auschwitz concentration camp.
    • August 2 » The Holocaust: Jewish prisoners stage a revolt at Treblinka, one of the deadliest of Nazi death camps where approximately 900,000 persons were murdered in less than 18 months.
    • October 16 » Holocaust in Italy: Raid of the Ghetto of Rome.
    • November 22 » World War II: Cairo Conference: U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, and Chinese Premier Chiang Kai-shek meet in Cairo, Egypt, to discuss ways to defeat Japan.


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