Dreyer Tree » Rudolf Marthinus Brits (1842-1896)
Personal data Rudolf Marthinus Brits
- He was born on April 6, 1842 in Oranje Vrystaat.
- He died on August 5, 1896 in Transvaal, South Africa, he was 54 years old.
Attention: Died 9 months (August 5, 1896) prior to the birth (??-??-1899) of child (Rudolf Petrus Gerardus Brits) . - A child of Christiaan Pieter Brits and Susanna Johanna Erasmus
Household of Rudolf Marthinus Brits
He is married to Anna Cecilia Dreyer.
They got married on November 24, 1890 at Pretoria Transvaal South Africa, he was 48 years old.
Child(ren):
- Rudolf Petrus Gerardus Brits 1899-1939
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Historical events
Birthday April 6, 1842
- The temperature on April 6, 1842 was about 5.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north. Weather type: helder. Source: KNMI
- This page is only available in Dutch.De Republiek der Verenigde Nederlanden werd in 1794-1795 door de Fransen veroverd onder leiding van bevelhebber Charles Pichegru (geholpen door de Nederlander Herman Willem Daendels); de verovering werd vergemakkelijkt door het dichtvriezen van de Waterlinie; Willem V moest op 18 januari 1795 uitwijken naar Engeland (en van daaruit in 1801 naar Duitsland); de patriotten namen de macht over van de aristocratische regenten en proclameerden de Bataafsche Republiek; op 16 mei 1795 werd het Haags Verdrag gesloten, waarmee ons land een vazalstaat werd van Frankrijk; in 3.1796 kwam er een Nationale Vergadering; in 1798 pleegde Daendels een staatsgreep, die de unitarissen aan de macht bracht; er kwam een nieuwe grondwet, die een Vertegenwoordigend Lichaam (met een Eerste en Tweede Kamer) instelde en als regering een Directoire; in 1799 sloeg Daendels bij Castricum een Brits-Russische invasie af; in 1801 kwam er een nieuwe grondwet; bij de Vrede van Amiens (1802) kreeg ons land van Engeland zijn koloniën terug (behalve Ceylon); na de grondwetswijziging van 1805 kwam er een raadpensionaris als eenhoofdig gezag, namelijk Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck (van 31 oktober 1761 tot 25 maart 1825).
- In the year 1842: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 3.1 million citizens.
- February 7 » Battle of Debre Tabor: Ras Ali Alula, Regent of the Emperor of Ethiopia defeats warlord Wube Haile Maryam of Semien.
- February 21 » John Greenough is granted the first U.S. patent for the sewing machine.
- March 30 » Ether anesthesia is used for the first time, in an operation by the American surgeon Dr. Crawford Long.
- May 16 » The first major wagon train heading for the Pacific Northwest sets out on the Oregon Trail from Elm Grove, Missouri, with 100 pioneers.
- August 9 » The Webster–Ashburton Treaty is signed, establishing the United States–Canada border east of the Rocky Mountains.
- August 29 » Treaty of Nanking signing ends the First Opium War.
Day of marriage November 24, 1890
- The temperature on November 24, 1890 was about 8.5 °C. There was 23 mm of rain. The air pressure was 5 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 73 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 98%. Source: KNMI
- Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
- 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 April 21, 1888 to August 21, 1891 the cabinet Mackay, with Mr. A. baron Mackay (AR) as prime minister.
- In the year 1890: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
- March 4 » The longest bridge in Great Britain, the Forth Bridge in Scotland, measuring 1,710 feet (520m) long, is opened by the Duke of Rothesay, later King Edward VII.
- July 3 » Idaho is admitted as the 43rd U.S. state.
- August 6 » At Auburn Prison in New York, murderer William Kemmler becomes the first person to be executed by electric chair.
- September 12 » Salisbury, Rhodesia, is founded.
- November 4 » City and South London Railway: London's first deep-level tube railway opens between King William Street and Stockwell.
- December 30 » Following the Wounded Knee Massacre, the United States Army and Lakota warriors face off in the Drexel Mission Fight.
Day of death August 5, 1896
- The temperature on August 5, 1896 was about 17.3 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 65%. 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 May 9, 1894 to July 27, 1897 the cabinet Roëll, with Jonkheer mr. J. Roëll (oud-liberaal) as prime minister.
- In the year 1896: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
- January 28 » Walter Arnold of East Peckham, Kent, becomes the first person to be convicted of speeding. He was fined one shilling, plus costs, for speeding at 8mph (13km/h), thereby exceeding the contemporary speed limit of 2mph (3.2km/h).
- February 1 » La bohème premieres in Turin at the Teatro Regio (Turin), conducted by the young Arturo Toscanini.
- March 2 » The Battle of Adwa: The Italian Army defeated by the Ethiopian Army in Adwa, Tigray, Ethiopia.
- June 4 » Henry Ford completes the Ford Quadricycle, his first gasoline-powered automobile, and gives it a successful test run.
- August 27 » Anglo-Zanzibar War: The shortest war in world history (09:02 to 09:40), between the United Kingdom and Zanzibar.
- December 14 » The Glasgow Underground Railway is opened by the Glasgow District Subway Company.
Same birth/death day
- 1826 » Gustave Moreau, French painter and academic († 1898)
- 1844 » William Lyne, Australian politician, 13th Premier of New South Wales († 1913)
- 1851 » Guillaume Bigourdan, French astronomer and academic († 1932)
- 1852 » Will Crooks, English trade unionist and politician († 1921)
- 1855 » Charles Huot, Canadian painter and illustrator († 1930)
- 1857 » Arthur Wesley Dow, American painter and photographer († 1922)
- 1880 » Ferdinand Ritter von Hebra, Austrian physician and dermatologist (b. 1816)
- 1881 » Spotted Tail, American tribal chief (b. 1823)
- 1895 » Friedrich Engels, German philosopher (b. 1820)
- 1901 » Victoria, Princess Royal of the United Kingdom (b. 1840)
- 1904 » George Dibbs, Australian politician, 10th Premier of New South Wales (b. 1834)
- 1911 » Bob Caruthers, American baseball player and umpire (b. 1864)
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The Dreyer Tree publication was prepared by Hendrik Dreyer.
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Hendrik Dreyer, "Dreyer Tree", database, Genealogy Online (https://www.genealogieonline.nl/dreyer-tree/I18641.php : accessed January 6, 2026), "Rudolf Marthinus Brits (1842-1896)".
Hendrik Dreyer, "Dreyer Tree", database, Genealogy Online (https://www.genealogieonline.nl/dreyer-tree/I18641.php : accessed January 6, 2026), "Rudolf Marthinus Brits (1842-1896)".