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Personal data Christian Lourens Dreyer 


Household of Christian Lourens Dreyer

He is married to Willemina Gezina Blignaut.

They got married on April 25, 1887 at tanderton, Transvaal, South Africa, he was 28 years old.


Child(ren):

  1. Anna Cecilia Dreyer  1890-1948 

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Historical events

  • The temperature on April 25, 1887 was about 11.2 °C. The air pressure was 18 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 74%. 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 1887: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
    • February 8 » The Dawes Act authorizes the President of the United States to survey Native American tribal land and divide it into individual allotments.
    • May 9 » Buffalo Bill Cody's Wild West Show opens in London.
    • July 4 » The founder of Pakistan, Quaid-i-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah, joins Sindh-Madrasa-tul-Islam, Karachi.
    • July 26 » Publication of the Unua Libro, founding the Esperanto movement.
    • September 5 » A fire at the Theatre Royal, Exeter, kills 186.
    • November 9 » The United States receives rights to Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
  • The temperature on August 21, 1937 was between 11.4 °C and 18.8 °C and averaged 14.4 °C. There was 10.7 mm of rain during 5.1 hours. There was 3.6 hours of sunshine (25%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. 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 July 31, 1935 to June 24, 1937 the cabinet Colijn III, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from June 24, 1937 to July 25, 1939 the cabinet Colijn IV, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1937: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 8.6 million citizens.
    • March 8 » Spanish Civil War: The Battle of Guadalajara begins.
    • July 6 » Spanish Civil War: Battle of Brunete: The battle begins with Spanish Republican troops going on the offensive against the Nationalists to relieve pressure on Madrid.
    • July 8 » Turkey, Iran, Iraq and Afghanistan sign the Treaty of Saadabad.
    • September 5 » Spanish Civil War: Llanes falls to the Nationalists following a one-day siege.
    • October 11 » The Duke and Duchess of Windsor tour Nazi Germany for 12 days and meet Adolf Hitler on the 22nd.
    • November 9 » Second Sino-Japanese War: The Chinese Army withdraws from the Battle of Shanghai.


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