Dreyer Tree » Dirk Jacobus de Beer (1883-1968)

Personal data Dirk Jacobus de Beer 

  • He was born on April 17, 1883 in Pietersburg, Transvaal, Suid-Afrika.
  • He died on September 21, 1968 in Hatfield, Salisbury, Mashonaland East, Southern Rhodesia, he was 85 years old.

Household of Dirk Jacobus de Beer

He is married to Johanna Sophia Catharina Dreyer.

They got married on July 14, 1902 at Pietersburg, Transvaal, South Africa, he was 19 years old.


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Historical events

Birthday April 17, 1883

  • The temperature on April 17, 1883 was about 14.2 °C. The air pressure was 3 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 52%. Source: KNMI
  • Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from August 20, 1879 to April 23, 1883 the cabinet Van Lijnden van Sandenburg, with Mr. C.Th. baron Van Lijnden van Sandenburg (conservatief-AR) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from April 23, 1884 to April 21, 1888 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1883: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
    • January 16 » The Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act, establishing the United States Civil Service, is enacted by Congress.
    • March 20 » The Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property is signed.
    • May 30 » In New York City, a stampede on the recently opened Brooklyn Bridge killed twelve people.
    • June 16 » The Victoria Hall theatre panic in Sunderland, England, kills 183 children.
    • August 25 » France and Viet Nam sign the Treaty of Huế, recognizing a French protectorate over Annam and Tonkin.
    • August 26 » The 1883 eruption of Krakatoa begins its final, paroxysmal, stage.

Day of marriage July 14, 1902

  • The temperature on July 14, 1902 was between 10.5 °C and 25.4 °C and averaged 18.5 °C. There was 13.5 hours of sunshine (83%). 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 1902: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.2 million citizens.
    • January 1 » The first American college football bowl game, the Rose Bowl between Michigan and Stanford, is held in Pasadena, California.
    • January 28 » The Carnegie Institution of Washington is founded in Washington, D.C. with a $10 million gift from Andrew Carnegie.
    • March 18 » Macario Sakay issues Presidential Order No. 1 of his Tagalog Republic.
    • June 28 » The U.S. Congress passes the Spooner Act, authorizing President Theodore Roosevelt to acquire rights from Colombia for the Panama Canal.
    • August 22 » Cadillac Motor Company is founded.
    • December 14 » The Commercial Pacific Cable Company lays the first Pacific telegraph cable, from San Francisco to Honolulu.

Day of death September 21, 1968

  • The temperature on September 21, 1968 was between 11.8 °C and 18.0 °C and averaged 14.7 °C. There was 7.7 hours of sunshine (62%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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 April 5, 1967 to Tuesday, July 6, 1971 the cabinet De Jong, with P.J.S. de Jong (KVP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1968: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 12.7 million citizens.
    • February 12 » Phong Nhị and Phong Nhất massacre.
    • March 18 » Gold standard: The U.S. Congress repeals the requirement for a gold reserve to back US currency.
    • August 28 » The police rioted during the Democratic National Convention, beating up anti-war protesters, peaceful demonstrators, innocent bystanders, and members of the press.
    • October 26 » Soviet cosmonaut Georgy Beregovoy pilots Soyuz 3 into space for a four-day mission.
    • November 20 » A total of 78 miners are killed in an explosion at the Consolidated Coal Company's No. 9 mine in Farmington, West Virginia in the Farmington Mine disaster.
    • December 9 » Douglas Engelbart gave what became known as "The Mother of All Demos", publicly debuting the computer mouse, hypertext, and the bit-mapped graphical user interface using the oN-Line System (NLS).


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