Dreyer Tree » Alexander van Breda (1844-1893)

Personal data Alexander van Breda 

  • He was born in the year 1844.
  • He died on March 26, 1893 in Wynberg, Cape Province, South Africa, he was 49 years old.

Household of Alexander van Breda

He is married to Frances Maria Johanna Dreyer.

They got married on July 10, 1873 at Wynberg, Cape Province, South Africa, he was 29 years old.


Child(ren):

  1. Gerhard van Breda  1874-1946

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Historical events

Day of marriage July 10, 1873

  • The temperature on July 10, 1873 was about 21.7 °C. The air pressure was 6 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 60%. Source: KNMI
  • Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • From July 6, 1872 till August 27, 1874 the Netherlands had a cabinet De Vries - Fransen van de Putte with the prime ministers Mr. G. de Vries Azn. (liberaal) and I.D. Fransen van de Putte (liberaal).
  • In the year 1873: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
    • March 1 » E. Remington and Sons in Ilion, New York begins production of the first practical typewriter.
    • March 22 » The Spanish National Assembly abolishes slavery in Puerto Rico.
    • April 4 » The Kennel Club is founded, the oldest and first official registry of purebred dogs in the world.
    • May 23 » The Canadian Parliament establishes the North-West Mounted Police, the forerunner of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.
    • July 21 » At Adair, Iowa, Jesse James and the James–Younger Gang pull off the first successful train robbery in the American Old West.
    • September 18 » The bank Jay Cooke & Company declares bankruptcy, contributing to the Panic of 1873.

Day of death March 26, 1893

  • The temperature on March 26, 1893 was about 3.8 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 88%. 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 August 21, 1891 to May 9, 1894 the cabinet Van Tienhoven, with Mr. G. van Tienhoven (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1893: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
    • February 28 » The USSIndiana, the lead ship of her class and the first battleship in the United States Navy comparable to foreign battleships of the time, is launched.
    • June 20 » Lizzie Borden is acquitted of the murders of her father and stepmother.
    • September 19 » In New Zealand, the Electoral Act of 1893 is consented to by the governor, giving all women in New Zealand the right to vote.
    • September 20 » Charles Duryea and his brother road-test the first American-made gasoline-powered automobile.
    • October 28 » Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 6 in B Minor, Pathétique receives its première performance only nine days before the composer's death.
    • November 12 » Abdur Rahman Khan accepts the Durand Line as the border between Afghanistan and the British Raj.


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About the surname Van Breda


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