Dreyer Tree » Dirkje Cornelia Jacoba Breytenbach (1865-1947)

Personal data Dirkje Cornelia Jacoba Breytenbach 


Household of Dirkje Cornelia Jacoba Breytenbach

She is married to Theunis Frederik Jacobus Dreyer.

They got married on June 22, 1884 at Potchefstroom, she was 18 years old.


Child(ren):

  3. Jacob Johannes Dreyer  1889-1980 

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Historical events

Birthday December 23, 1865

  • The temperature on December 23, 1865 was about -1.4 °C. The air pressure was 0.5 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south east. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 96%. 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 February 1, 1862 to February 10, 1866 the cabinet Thorbecke II, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1865: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
    • February 1 » President Abraham Lincoln signs the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution.
    • May 1 » The Empire of Brazil, Argentina, and Uruguay sign the Treaty of the Triple Alliance.
    • May 5 » American Civil War: The Confederate District of the Gulf surrenders about 4,000 men at Citronelle, Alabama.
    • June 19 » Over two years after the Emancipation Proclamation, slaves in Galveston, Texas, United States, are finally informed of their freedom. The anniversary is still officially celebrated in Texas and 41 other contiguous states as Juneteenth.
    • July 21 » In the market square of Springfield, Missouri, Wild Bill Hickok shoots and kills Davis Tutt in what is regarded as the first western showdown.
    • July 31 » The first narrow-gauge mainline railway in the world opens at Grandchester, Queensland, Australia.

Day of marriage June 22, 1884

  • 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.
    • March 13 » The Siege of Khartoum begins. It lasts until January 26, 1885.
    • October 6 » The Naval War College of the United States is founded in Rhode Island.
    • October 13 » The International Meridian Conference establishes the meridian of the Greenwich Observatory as the prime meridian.
    • October 14 » George Eastman receives a U.S. Government patent on his new paper-strip photographic film.

Day of death July 29, 1947

  • The temperature on July 29, 1947 was between 16.4 °C and 28.6 °C and averaged 22.0 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain during 0.1 hours. There was 11.2 hours of sunshine (71%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. 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 3, 1946 to August 7, 1948 the cabinet Beel I, with Dr. L.J.M. Beel (KVP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1947: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 9.5 million citizens.
    • June 5 » Cold War: Marshall Plan: In a speech at Harvard University, the United States Secretary of State George Marshall calls for economic aid to war-torn Europe.
    • July 10 » Muhammad Ali Jinnah is recommended as the first Governor-General of Pakistan by the British Prime Minister, Clement Attlee.
    • September 9 » First case of a computer bug being found: A moth lodges in a relay of a Harvard Mark II computer at Harvard University.
    • October 22 » The Kashmir conflict between India and Pakistan begins, having started just after the partition of India.
    • November 2 » In California, designer Howard Hughes performs the maiden (and only) flight of the Hughes H-4 Hercules (also known as the "Spruce Goose"), the largest fixed-wing aircraft ever built.
    • November 18 » The Ballantyne's Department Store fire in Christchurch, New Zealand, kills 41; it is the worst fire disaster in the history of New Zealand.


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About the surname Breytenbach


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