Dreyer Tree » Petrus Jacobus Nicholaas Fourie (1873-1942)

Personal data Petrus Jacobus Nicholaas Fourie 

  • He was born in the year 1873.
  • He died on April 15, 1942 in Oudshoorn Cape South Africa, he was 69 years old.

Household of Petrus Jacobus Nicholaas Fourie

He is married to Sophia Elizabeth Gerber.

They got married January 1919 at Calitzdorp Cape South Africa, he was 46 years old.

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Historical events

Day of death April 15, 1942

  • The temperature on April 15, 1942 was between 1.1 °C and 13.7 °C and averaged 7.7 °C. There was 12.9 hours of sunshine (93%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. 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 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1942: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 9.0 million citizens.
    • January 13 » World War II: First use of an aircraft ejection seat by a German test pilot in a Heinkel He 280 jet fighter.
    • January 25 » World War II: Thailand declares war on the United States and United Kingdom.
    • March 18 » The War Relocation Authority is established in the United States to take Japanese Americans into custody.
    • March 28 » World War II: A British combined force permanently disables the Louis Joubert Lock in Saint-Nazaire in order to keep the German battleship Tirpitz away from the mid-ocean convoy lanes.
    • October 1 » World War II: USSGrouper torpedoes Lisbon Maru, not knowing that she is carrying British prisoners of war from Hong Kong.
    • October 3 » A German V-2 rocket reaches a record 85 km (46 nm) in altitude.


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