Dreyer Tree » Petrus Jakobus Marx Pieterse (1904-1959)

Personal data Petrus Jakobus Marx Pieterse 


Household of Petrus Jakobus Marx Pieterse

He is married to Johanna Helena Dreyer.

They got married on April 14, 1925 at Greykerk, Stockenstrom, Cape South Africa, he was 21 years old.

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Historical events

Birthday February 29, 1904

  • The temperature on February 29, 1904 was between -6.0 °C and -1.4 °C and averaged -3.3 °C. There was 1.1 hours of sunshine (10%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-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 August 1, 1901 to August 16, 1905 the cabinet Kuijper, with Dr. A. Kuijper (AR) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1904: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.4 million citizens.
    • June 16 » Eugen Schauman assassinates Nikolay Bobrikov, Governor-General of Finland.
    • June 28 » The SSNorge runs aground on Hasselwood Rock in the North Atlantic 430 kilometres (270mi) northwest of Ireland. More than 635 people die during the sinking.
    • July 21 » Louis Rigolly, a Frenchman, becomes the first man to break the 100mph (161km/h) barrier on land. He drove a 15-liter Gobron-Brillié in Ostend, Belgium.
    • August 23 » The automobile tire chain is patented.
    • October 20 » Chile and Bolivia sign the Treaty of Peace and Friendship, delimiting the border between the two countries.
    • October 27 » The first underground New York City Subway line opens, later designated as the IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line.

Day of death December 5, 1959

  • The temperature on December 5, 1959 was between 1.2 °C and 7.6 °C and averaged 5.2 °C. There was 0.5 hours of sunshine (6%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. 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 December 22, 1957 to May 19, 1959 the cabinet Beel II, with Dr. L.J.M. Beel (KVP) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from May 19, 1959 to July 24, 1964 the cabinet De Quay, with Prof. dr. J.E. de Quay (KVP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1959: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 11.3 million citizens.
    • January 29 » The first Melodifestivalen is held in Cirkus, Stockholm, Sweden.
    • February 3 » Rock and roll musicians Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and J. P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson are killed in a plane crash near Clear Lake, Iowa.
    • July 7 » Venus occults the star Regulus. This rare event is used to determine the diameter of Venus and the structure of the Venusian atmosphere.
    • September 14 » The Soviet probe Luna 2 crashes onto the Moon, becoming the first man-made object to reach it.
    • September 26 » Typhoon Vera, the strongest typhoon to hit Japan in recorded history, makes landfall, killing 4,580 people and leaving nearly 1.6 million others homeless.
    • November 21 » American disc jockey Alan Freed, who had popularized the term "rock and roll" and music of that style, is fired from WABC-AM radio over allegations he had participated in the payola scandal.


Same birth/death day

Source: Wikipedia

  • 1904 » Jimmy Dorsey, American saxophonist, composer, and bandleader († 1957)
  • 1904 » Pepper Martin, American baseball player and manager († 1965)
  • 1908 » Alf Gover, English cricketer and coach († 2001)
  • 1908 » Balthus, French-Swiss painter and illustrator († 2001)
  • 1908 » Dee Brown, American historian and author († 2002)
  • 1908 » Louie Myfanwy Thomas, Welsh writer († 1968)

Source: Wikipedia


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