Dreyer Tree » Cornelia Catharina Jacoba Opperman (1862-1944)

Personal data Cornelia Catharina Jacoba Opperman 


Household of Cornelia Catharina Jacoba Opperman

She is married to Thomas Frederick Dreyer.

They got married on February 2, 1880 at Pretoria, Transvaal, South Africa, she was 17 years old.


Child(ren):

  5. John Jacobus Dreyer  1890-1966 
  6. Helena Johanna Dreyer  1892-1966 

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Birthday August 6, 1862

  • The temperature on August 6, 1862 was about 18.7 °C. There was 3 mm of rain. The air pressure was 3.5 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 68%. 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 14, 1861 till January 31, 1862 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt - Loudon with the prime ministers Mr. J.P.P. baron Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. J. Loudon (liberaal).
  • 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 1862: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
    • February 6 » American Civil War: Forces under the command of Ulysses S. Grant and Andrew H. Foote give the Union its first victory of the war, capturing Fort Henry, Tennessee in the Battle of Fort Henry.
    • March 13 » The Act Prohibiting the Return of Slaves was passed by the United States Congress, effectively annulling the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 and setting the stage for the Emancipation Proclamation.
    • June 6 » American Civil War: Battle of Memphis: Union forces capture Memphis, Tennessee, from the Confederates.
    • September 2 » American Civil War: United States President Abraham Lincoln reluctantly restores Union General George B. McClellan to full command after General John Pope's disastrous defeat at the Second Battle of Bull Run.
    • December 13 » American Civil War: At the Battle of Fredericksburg, Confederate General Robert E. Lee defeats Union Major General Ambrose Burnside.
    • December 26 » American Civil War: The Battle of Chickasaw Bayou begins.

Day of marriage February 2, 1880

  • The temperature on February 2, 1880 was about -3.5 °C. 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 August 20, 1879 to April 23, 1883 the cabinet Van Lijnden van Sandenburg, with Mr. C.Th. baron Van Lijnden van Sandenburg (conservatief-AR) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1880: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
    • January 27 » Thomas Edison receives a patent for his incandescent lamp.
    • February 13 » Thomas Edison observes Thermionic emission.
    • June 7 » War of the Pacific: The Battle of Arica, the assault and capture of Morro de Arica (Arica Cape), ends the Campaña del Desierto (Desert Campaign).
    • June 24 » First performance of O Canada at the Congrès national des Canadiens-Français. The song would later become the national anthem of Canada.
    • July 27 » Second Anglo-Afghan War: Battle of Maiwand: Afghan forces led by Mohammad Ayub Khan defeat the British Army in battle near Maiwand, Afghanistan.
    • November 11 » Australian bushranger Ned Kelly is hanged at Melbourne Gaol.

Day of death May 19, 1944

  • The temperature on May 19, 1944 was between 0.3 °C and 15.7 °C and averaged 8.9 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. There was 8.9 hours of sunshine (56%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the 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 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1944: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 9.1 million citizens.
    • February 15 » World War II: The assault on Monte Cassino, Italy begins.
    • July 26 » World War II: The Red Army enters Lviv, a major city in western Ukraine, capturing it from the Nazis. Only 300 Jews survive out of 160,000 living in Lviv prior to occupation.
    • August 9 » The United States Forest Service and the Wartime Advertising Council release posters featuring Smokey Bear for the first time.
    • August 16 » First flight of a jet with forward-swept wings, the Junkers Ju 287.
    • September 28 » World War II: Soviet Army troops liberate Klooga concentration camp in Estonia.
    • October 18 » World War II: Soviet Union begins the liberation of Czechoslovakia from Nazi Germany.


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