Dreyer Tree » Augustus Francois de Villiers (1898-1984)

Personal data Augustus Francois de Villiers 


Household of Augustus Francois de Villiers

He is married to Johanna Elizabeth Dreyer.

They got married on February 5, 1924 at Oudtshoorn, Kaapprovinsie, Suid-Afrika, he was 25 years old.

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Historical events

Birthday March 4, 1898

  • The temperature on March 4, 1898 was about 1.8 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 95%. 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 July 27, 1897 to August 1, 1901 the cabinet Pierson, with Mr. N.G. Pierson (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1898: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
    • February 7 » Dreyfus affair: Émile Zola is brought to trial for libel for publishing J'Accuse…!.
    • February 15 » The battleship USSMaine explodes and sinks in Havana harbor in Cuba, killing 274. This event leads the United States to declare war on Spain.
    • March 16 » In Melbourne the representatives of five colonies adopted a constitution, which would become the basis of the Commonwealth of Australia.
    • June 21 » The United States captures Guam from Spain. The few warning shots fired by the U.S. naval vessels are misinterpreted as salutes by the Spanish garrison, which was unaware that the two nations were at war.
    • September 2 » Battle of Omdurman: British and Egyptian troops defeat Sudanese tribesmen and establish British dominance in Sudan.
    • October 18 » The United States takes possession of Puerto Rico from Spain.

Day of death March 10, 1984

  • The temperature on March 10, 1984 was between -0.5 °C and 4.8 °C and averaged 1.6 °C. There was 7.8 mm of rain during 16.2 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Beatrix (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from April 30, 1980 till April 30, 2013 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, November 4, 1982 to Monday, July 14, 1986 the cabinet Lubbers I, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1984: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 14.4 million citizens.
    • April 6 » Members of Cameroon's Republican Guard unsuccessfully attempt to overthrow the government headed by Paul Biya.
    • June 18 » A major clash between about 5,000 police and a similar number of miners takes place at Orgreave, South Yorkshire, during the 1984–85 UK miners' strike.
    • June 22 » Virgin Atlantic launches with its first flight from London to Newark.
    • July 17 » The national drinking age in the United States was changed from 18 to 21.
    • September 5 » Western Australia becomes the last Australian state to abolish capital punishment.
    • November 2 » Capital punishment: Velma Barfield becomes the first woman executed in the United States since 1962.


Same birth/death day

Source: Wikipedia

  • 1896 » Kai Holm, Danish actor and director († 1985)
  • 1897 » Lefty O'Doul, American baseball player and manager († 1969)
  • 1898 » Georges Dumézil, French philologist and academic († 1986)
  • 1898 » Hans Krebs, German general († 1945)
  • 1899 » Emilio Prados, Spanish poet and author († 1962)
  • 1899 » Peter Illing, Austrian born, British film and television actor († 1966)

Source: Wikipedia


About the surname De Villiers


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