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.
    • July 8 » The death of crime boss Soapy Smith, killed in the Shootout on Juneau Wharf, releases Skagway, Alaska from his iron grip.
    • September 18 » The Fashoda Incident triggers the last war scare between Britain and France.
    • October 1 » The Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration is founded under the name k.u.k. Exportakademie.
    • October 14 » The steam ship SSMohegan sinks near the Lizard peninsula, Cornwall, killing 106.
    • December 3 » The Duquesne Country and Athletic Club defeated an all-star collection of early football players 16–0, in what is considered to be the very first all-star game for professional American football.
    • December 26 » Marie and Pierre Curie announce the isolation of radium.

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.
    • January 7 » Brunei becomes the sixth member of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).
    • August 30 » STS-41-D: The Space Shuttle Discovery takes off on its maiden voyage.
    • September 7 » An explosion on board a Maltese patrol boat disposing of illegal fireworks at sea off Gozo kills seven soldiers and policemen.
    • November 2 » Capital punishment: Velma Barfield becomes the first woman executed in the United States since 1962.
    • November 27 » Under the Brussels Agreement signed between the governments of the United Kingdom and Spain, the former agreed to enter into discussions with Spain over Gibraltar, including sovereignty.


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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