Dreyer Tree » Benjamin Dixon Cluney (1866-1884)

Personal data Benjamin Dixon Cluney 

  • He was born in the year 1866.

    Waarschuwing Attention: Age at marriage (August 20, 1878) below 16 years (12).

  • He died on May 2, 1884 in Beestekraal, district Rustenburg Transvaal South Africa, he was 18 years old.

    Fout Attention: Died 9 months (May 2, 1884) prior to the birth (May 17, 1888) of child (Maria Susanna Cluney) .


Household of Benjamin Dixon Cluney

He is married to Maria Susanna Dreyer.

They got married on August 20, 1878 at Rustenburg, Transvaal, South Africa, he was 12 years old.


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Ancestors (and descendant) of Benjamin Dixon Cluney

Benjamin Dixon Cluney
1866-1884

1878

Maria Susanna Dreyer
1861-1884

Benjamin Dixon Cluney
1883-????
Maria Susanna Cluney
1888-????

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Historical events

Day of marriage August 20, 1878

  • The temperature on August 20, 1878 was about 18.1 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the north-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 49%. 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 November 3, 1877 to August 20, 1879 the cabinet Kappeijne van de Coppello, with Mr. J. Kappeijne van de Coppello (liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1878: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
    • January 9 » Umberto I becomes King of Italy.
    • May 25 » Gilbert and Sullivan's comic opera H.M.S. Pinafore opens at the Opera Comique in London.
    • June 4 » Cyprus Convention: The Ottoman Empire cedes Cyprus to the United Kingdom but retains nominal title.
    • June 15 » Eadweard Muybridge takes a series of photographs to prove that all four feet of a horse leave the ground when it runs; the study becomes the basis of motion pictures.
    • September 1 » Emma Nutt becomes the world's first female telephone operator when she is recruited by Alexander Graham Bell to the Boston Telephone Dispatch Company.
    • December 18 » The Al-Thani family become the rulers of the state of Qatar.

Day of death May 2, 1884

  • The temperature on May 2, 1884 was about 12.8 °C. The air pressure was 12 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 58%. 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 » The Federation of Organized Trades and Labor Unions demands the eight-hour work day in the United States.
    • May 31 » The arrival at Plymouth of Tāwhiao, King of Maoris, to claim the protection of Queen Victoria.
    • July 3 » Dow Jones & Company publishes its first stock average.
    • October 13 » The International Meridian Conference establishes the meridian of the Greenwich Observatory as the prime meridian.


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