Dreyer Tree » Jan Hendrik Viljoen (1877-1956)
Personal data Jan Hendrik Viljoen
- He was born on January 17, 1877 in Adelaide, Amatole, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
- He died on June 27, 1956 in Adelaide, Amatole, Eastern Cape, South Africa, he was 79 years old.
- A child of Andries Hendrik Gustaf Viljoen and Susanna Elizabeth Dreyer
Household of Jan Hendrik Viljoen
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Birthday January 17, 1877
- The temperature on January 17, 1877 was about 6.6 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 13 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 67%. 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 August 27, 1874 till November 3, 1877 the Netherlands had a cabinet Heemskerk - Van Lijnden van Sandenburg with the prime ministers Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) and Mr. C.Th. baron Van Lijnden van Sandenburg (AR).
- 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 year 1877: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
- January 8 » Crazy Horse and his warriors fight their last battle against the United States Cavalry at Wolf Mountain, Montana Territory.
- March 2 » Just two days before inauguration, the U.S. Congress declares Rutherford B. Hayes the winner of the 1876 U.S. presidential election even though Samuel J. Tilden had won the popular vote.
- May 6 » Chief Crazy Horse of the Oglala Lakota surrenders to United States troops in Nebraska.
- May 9 » A magnitude 8.8 earthquake off the coast of Peru kills 2,541, including some as far away as Hawaii and Japan.
- July 14 » The Great Railroad Strike of 1877 began in Martinsburg, West Virginia, when wages of Baltimore and Ohio Railroad workers were cut for the third time in a year. The strike was ended on Sept 4 by local and state militias, and federal troops.
- December 10 » Russo-Turkish War: The Russian Army captures Plevna after a 5-month siege. The garrison of 25,000 surviving Turks surrenders. The Russian victory is decisive for the outcome of the war and the Liberation of Bulgaria.
Day of death June 27, 1956
- The temperature on June 27, 1956 was between 7.8 °C and 17.7 °C and averaged 12.9 °C. There was 9.2 hours of sunshine (55%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) 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 September 2, 1952 to October 13, 1956 the cabinet Drees II, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
- In The Netherlands , there was from October 13, 1956 to December 22, 1957 the cabinet Drees III, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
- In the year 1956: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 10.8 million citizens.
- January 4 » The Greek National Radical Union is formed by Konstantinos Karamanlis.
- May 20 » In Operation Redwing, the first United States airborne hydrogen bomb is dropped over Bikini Atoll in the Pacific Ocean.
- June 11 » Start of Gal Oya riots, the first reported ethnic riots that target minority Sri Lankan Tamils in the Eastern Province. The total number of deaths is reportedly 150.
- July 30 » A joint resolution of the U.S. Congress is signed by President Dwight D. Eisenhower, authorizing In God We Trust as the U.S. national motto.
- November 13 » The Supreme Court of the United States declares Alabama laws requiring segregated buses illegal, thus ending the Montgomery Bus Boycott.
- December 31 » The Romanian Television network begins its first broadcast in Bucharest.
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- 1949 » Frank Smythe, English botanist and mountaineer (b. 1900)
- 1950 » Milada Horáková, Czech politician, victim of judicial murder (b. 1901)
- 1952 » Max Dehn, German-American mathematician and academic (b. 1878)
- 1957 » Hermann Buhl, Austrian soldier and mountaineer (b. 1924)
- 1960 » Lottie Dod, English tennis player, golfer, and archer (b. 1871)
- 1962 » Paul Viiding, Estonian author, poet, and critic (b. 1904)
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