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Personal data Geertruida Wilhelmina (Petronella) Claasens 


Household of Geertruida Wilhelmina (Petronella) Claasens

She is married to Gerhardus Petrus Rudolph Dreyer.

They got married on December 23, 1930 at Potchefstroom, Transvaal, South Africa, she was 51 years old.

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Historical events

Birthday April 21, 1879

  • The temperature on April 21, 1879 was about 6.5 °C. There was 7 mm of rain. The air pressure was 5 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the east-northeast. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 92%. 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 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 1879: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
    • January 23 » Anglo-Zulu War: the Battle of Rorke's Drift ends.
    • February 8 » The England cricket team led by Lord Harris is attacked in a riot during a match in Sydney.
    • May 14 » The first group of 463 Indian indentured laborers arrives in Fiji aboard the Leonidas.
    • September 18 » The Blackpool Illuminations are switched on for the first time.
    • October 21 » Thomas Edison applies for a patent for his design for an incandescent light bulb.
    • October 22 » Using a filament of carbonized thread, Thomas Edison tests the first practical electric incandescent light bulb (it lasts 13​⁄2 hours before burning out).

Day of death January 14, 1967

  • The temperature on January 14, 1967 was between 5.3 °C and 7.1 °C and averaged 6.4 °C. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Juliana (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from September 4, 1948 till April 30, 1980 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from November 22, 1966 to April 5, 1967 the cabinet Zijlstra, with Prof. dr. J. Zijlstra (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from April 5, 1967 to Tuesday, July 6, 1971 the cabinet De Jong, with P.J.S. de Jong (KVP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1967: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 12.5 million citizens.
    • March 18 » The supertanker Torrey Canyon runs aground off the Cornish coast.
    • May 24 » Egypt imposes a blockade and siege of the Red Sea coast of Israel.
    • June 14 » Mariner program: Mariner 5 is launched towards Venus.
    • July 1 » Merger Treaty: The European Community is formally created out of a merger with the Common Market, the European Coal and Steel Community, and the European Atomic Energy Commission.
    • July 29 » Vietnam War: Off the coast of North Vietnam the USSForrestal catches on fire in the worst U.S. naval disaster since World War II, killing 134.
    • November 14 » American physicist Theodore Maiman is given a patent for his ruby laser systems, the world's first laser.


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