Dreyer Tree » Diedrich Johann Richard Dekenah a (1861-1948)
Personal data Diedrich Johann Richard Dekenah a
- He was born on September 7, 1861 in Cape Town, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa.
- He died on November 9, 1948 in 8 Braiside Villas Green Point, he was 87 years old.
Oorzaak: CCF mitral valve failure
- He is buried in Maitland, City of Cape Town Metropolitan Municipal.
- A child of Diederik Johan Richard Dekenah and Amerentia Johanna Theunissen
Household of Diedrich Johann Richard Dekenah a
(1) He is married to Maria Barendina Jacoba Dreyer.
They got married
Child(ren):
(2) He is married to Maria Barendina Jacoba Dreyer.
They got married on October 27, 1896, he was 35 years old.
Child(ren):
- Engela Jacoba Dekenah 1897-1967
- Diedrich Johann Richard Dekenah 1900-1965
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Historical events
Birthday September 7, 1861
- The temperature on September 7, 1861 was about 15.2 °C. There was 3 mm of rain. The air pressure was 22 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 78%. 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 February 23, 1860 till March 14, 1861 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Hall - Van Heemstra with the prime ministers Mr. F.A. baron Van Hall (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. S. baron Van Heemstra (liberaal).
- 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 year 1861: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
- January 9 » Mississippi becomes the second state to secede from the Union before the outbreak of the American Civil War.
- January 11 » American Civil War: Alabama secedes from the United States.
- March 11 » American Civil War: The Constitution of the Confederate States of America is adopted.
- April 15 » President Abraham Lincoln calls for 75,000 Volunteers to quell the insurrection that soon became the American Civil War.
- May 13 » Pakistan's (then a part of British India) first railway line opens, from Karachi to Kotri.
- June 1 » American Civil War: The Battle of Fairfax Court House is fought.
Day of marriage October 27, 1896
- The temperature on October 27, 1896 was about 6.5 °C. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 92%. Source: KNMI
- Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
- Regentes Emma (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1898 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
- In The Netherlands , there was from May 9, 1894 to July 27, 1897 the cabinet Roëll, with Jonkheer mr. J. Roëll (oud-liberaal) as prime minister.
- In the year 1896: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
- January 4 » Utah is admitted as the 45th U.S. state.
- January 28 » Walter Arnold of East Peckham, Kent, becomes the first person to be convicted of speeding. He was fined one shilling, plus costs, for speeding at 8mph (13km/h), thereby exceeding the contemporary speed limit of 2mph (3.2km/h).
- March 20 » With the approval of Emperor Guangxu, the Qing dynasty post office is opened, marking the beginning of a postal service in China.
- May 26 » Charles Dow publishes the first edition of the Dow Jones Industrial Average.
- August 27 » Anglo-Zanzibar War: The shortest war in world history (09:02 to 09:40), between the United Kingdom and Zanzibar.
- December 17 » Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania's Schenley Park Casino, which was the first multi-purpose arena with the technology to create an artificial ice surface in North America, is destroyed in a fire.
Day of death November 9, 1948
- The temperature on November 9, 1948 was between -5.7 °C and 5.2 °C and averaged -0.9 °C. There was 4.4 hours of sunshine (48%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
- Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till September 4, 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
- 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 July 3, 1946 to August 7, 1948 the cabinet Beel I, with Dr. L.J.M. Beel (KVP) as prime minister.
- From August 7, 1948 till March 15, 1951 the Netherlands had a cabinet Drees - Van Schaik with the prime ministers Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) and Mr. J.R.H. van Schaik (KVP).
- In the year 1948: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 9.7 million citizens.
- May 30 » A dike along the flooding Columbia River breaks, obliterating Vanport, Oregon within minutes. Fifteen people die and tens of thousands are left homeless.
- June 22 » King George VI formally gives up the title "Emperor of India", half a year after Britain actually gave up its rule of India.
- June 22 » The ship HMTEmpire Windrush brought the first group of 802 West Indian immigrants to Tilbury, marking the start of modern immigration to the United Kingdom.
- July 26 » U.S. President Harry S. Truman signs Executive Order 9981, desegregating the military of the United States.
- September 9 » Kim Il-sung declares the establishment of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea).
- December 28 » The DC-3 airliner NC16002 disappears 50 miles south of Miami.
Same birth/death day
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- 1862 » Edgar Speyer, American-English financier and philanthropist († 1932)
- 1866 » Tristan Bernard, French author and playwright († 1947)
- 1867 » Albert Bassermann, German-Swiss actor († 1952)
- 1867 » J. P. Morgan Jr., American banker and philanthropist († 1943)
- 1944 » Frank Marshall, American chess player and theoretician (b. 1877)
- 1951 » Sigmund Romberg, Hungarian-American pianist and composer (b. 1887)
- 1952 » Chaim Weizmann, Belarusian-Israeli chemist, academic, and politician, 1st President of Israel (b. 1874)
- 1952 » Philip Murray, Scottish-American labor leader (b. 1886)
- 1953 » Ibn Saud, Saudi Arabian king (b. 1880)
- 1953 » Louise DeKoven Bowen, American philanthropist and activist (b. 1859)
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Hendrik Dreyer, "Dreyer Tree", database, Genealogy Online (https://www.genealogieonline.nl/dreyer-tree/I14091.php : accessed February 3, 2026), "Diedrich Johann Richard Dekenah a (1861-1948)".