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.
    • March 16 » In Melbourne the representatives of five colonies adopted a constitution, which would become the basis of the Commonwealth of Australia.
    • June 10 » Spanish–American War: In the Battle of Guantánamo Bay, U.S. Marines begin the American invasion of Spanish-held Cuba.
    • June 11 » The Hundred Days' Reform, a planned movement to reform social, political, and educational institutions in China, is started by the Guangxu Emperor, but is suspended by Empress Dowager Cixi after 104 days. (The failed reform led to the abolition of the Imperial examination in 1905.)
    • June 13 » Yukon Territory is formed, with Dawson chosen as its capital.
    • July 3 » A Spanish squadron, led by Pascual Cervera y Topete, is defeated by an American squadron under William T. Sampson in the Battle of Santiago de Cuba.
    • September 21 » Empress Dowager Cixi seizes power and ends the Hundred Days' Reform in China.

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.
    • January 1 » Brunei becomes independent of the United Kingdom.
    • September 20 » A suicide bomber in a car attacks the U.S. embassy in Beirut, Lebanon, killing twenty-two people.
    • November 14 » Zamboanga City mayor Cesar Climaco, a prominent critic of the government of Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos, is assassinated in his home city.
    • December 3 » Bhopal disaster: A methyl isocyanate leak from a Union Carbide pesticide plant in Bhopal, India, kills more than 3,800 people outright and injures 150,000–600,000 others (some 6,000 of whom would later die from their injuries) in one of the worst industrial disasters in history.
    • December 4 » Sri Lankan Civil War: Sri Lankan Army soldiers kill 107–150 civilians in Mannar.
    • December 10 » United Nations General Assembly recognizes the Convention against Torture.


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


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