Dreyer Tree » Hermanus Pieter Johannes van der Westhuizen (1879-1970)
Personal data Hermanus Pieter Johannes van der Westhuizen
- He was born on September 17, 1879 in Vereeniging, Transvaal, South Africa.
- He died on July 1, 1970 in Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa, he was 90 years old.
- A child of Herculina Johanna van der Westhuizen and Johanna Wilhelmina Pitzer
Household of Hermanus Pieter Johannes van der Westhuizen
He is married to Susanna Catharina Dreyer.
They got married on May 9, 1905 at Langlaagte, Vereeniging, Transvaal, South Africa, he was 25 years old.
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Historical events
Birthday September 17, 1879
- The temperature on September 17, 1879 was about 14.3 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the east-northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 85%. 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 25 » The Bulgarian National Bank is founded.
- February 8 » Sandford Fleming first proposes adoption of Universal Standard Time at a meeting of the Royal Canadian Institute.
- May 2 » The Spanish Socialist Workers' Party is founded in Madrid by Pablo Iglesias.
- May 14 » The first group of 463 Indian indentured laborers arrives in Fiji aboard the Leonidas.
- July 1 » Charles Taze Russell publishes the first edition of the religious magazine The Watchtower.
- December 31 » Thomas Edison demonstrates incandescent lighting to the public for the first time, in Menlo Park, New Jersey.
Day of marriage May 9, 1905
- The temperature on May 9, 1905 was between 4.1 °C and 12.9 °C and averaged 8.0 °C. There was 10.6 hours of sunshine (69%). The average windspeed was 4 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 August 1, 1901 to August 16, 1905 the cabinet Kuijper, with Dr. A. Kuijper (AR) as prime minister.
- In The Netherlands , there was from August 17, 1905 to February 11, 1908 the cabinet De Meester, with Mr. Th. de Meester (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
- In the year 1905: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 5.5 million citizens.
- January 22 » Bloody Sunday in Saint Petersburg, beginning of the 1905 revolution.
- September 5 » Russo-Japanese War: In New Hampshire, United States, the Treaty of Portsmouth, mediated by U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt, ends the war.
- November 12 » Norway holds a referendum resulting in popular approval of the Storting's decision to authorise the government to make the offer of the throne of the newly independent country.
- November 28 » Irish nationalist Arthur Griffith founds Sinn Féin as a political party with the main aim of establishing a dual monarchy in Ireland.
- December 9 » In France, the law separating church and state is passed.
- December 30 » Former Idaho Governor Frank Steunenberg is assassinated at the front gate of his home in Caldwell.
Day of death July 1, 1970
- The temperature on July 1, 1970 was between 11.2 °C and 15.9 °C and averaged 13.3 °C. There was 6.9 mm of rain during 7.0 hours. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (1%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. 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 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 1970: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 13.0 million citizens.
- March 26 » South Vietnamese President Nguyễn Văn Thiệu implements a land reform program to solve the problem of land tenancy.
- April 22 » The first Earth Day is celebrated.
- April 28 » Vietnam War: U.S. President Richard Nixon formally authorizes American combat troops to take part in the Cambodian campaign.
- August 24 » Vietnam War protesters bomb Sterling Hall at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, leading to an international manhunt for the perpetrators.
- September 1 » Palestinian guerrillas attack the motorcade of King Hussein of Jordan in a failed assassination attempt.
- September 2 » NASA announces the cancellation of two Apollo missions to the Moon, Apollo 15 (the designation is re-used by a later mission), and Apollo 19.
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- 1971 » Learie Constantine, Trinidadian-English cricketer, lawyer, and politician (b. 1901)
- 1971 » William Lawrence Bragg, Australian-English physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1890)
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Hendrik Dreyer, "Dreyer Tree", database, Genealogy Online (https://www.genealogieonline.nl/dreyer-tree/I13787.php : accessed January 19, 2026), "Hermanus Pieter Johannes van der Westhuizen (1879-1970)".