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 3 » American Civil War: Delaware votes not to secede from the United States.
- January 10 » American Civil War: Florida becomes the third state to secede from the Union.
- February 9 » American Civil War: Jefferson Davis is elected the Provisional President of the Confederate States of America by the Confederate convention at Montgomery, Alabama.
- February 18 » In Montgomery, Alabama, Jefferson Davis is inaugurated as the provisional President of the Confederate States of America.
- March 21 » Alexander Stephens gives the Cornerstone Speech.
- June 17 » American Civil War: Battle of Vienna, Virginia.
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.
- February 21 » An Englishman raised in Australia, Bob Fitzsimmons, fought an Irishman, Peter Maher, in an American promoted event which technically took place in Mexico, winning the 1896 World Heavyweight Championship in boxing.
- May 26 » Nicholas II becomes the last Tsar of Imperial Russia.
- June 2 » Guglielmo Marconi applies for a patent for his wireless telegraph.
- November 1 » A picture showing the bare breasts of a woman appears in National Geographic magazine for the first time.
- November 17 » The Western Pennsylvania Hockey League, which later became the first ice hockey league to openly trade and hire players, began play at Pittsburgh's Schenley Park Casino.
- November 27 » Also sprach Zarathustra by Richard Strauss is first performed.
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 29 » United Nations Truce Supervision Organization is founded.
- 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 12 » Israeli Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion orders the expulsion of Palestinians from the towns of Lod and Ramla.
- July 26 » U.S. President Harry S. Truman signs Executive Order 9981, desegregating the military of the United States.
- September 17 » The Nizam of Hyderabad surrenders his sovereignty over the Hyderabad State and joins the Indian Union.
- December 14 » Thomas T. Goldsmith Jr. and Estle Ray Mann are granted a patent for their cathode-ray tube amusement device, the earliest known interactive electronic game.
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- 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)".