Dreyer Tree » Elizabeth Anna Wilhelmina van Zyl (1883-1960)

Personal data Elizabeth Anna Wilhelmina van Zyl 


Household of Elizabeth Anna Wilhelmina van Zyl

She is married to Johan Hendrik Terlet Dreyer.

They got married on May 1, 1905 at Vanrhynsdorp, Cape Colony, South Africa, she was 22 years old.


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Birthday February 19, 1883

  • The temperature on February 19, 1883 was about 3.7 °C. There was 3 mm of rain. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south east. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 97%. 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.
    • May 30 » In New York City, a stampede on the recently opened Brooklyn Bridge killed twelve people.
    • June 5 » The first regularly scheduled Orient Express departs Paris.
    • June 16 » The Victoria Hall theatre panic in Sunderland, England, kills 183 children.
    • September 8 » The Northern Pacific Railway (reporting mark NP) was completed in a ceremony at Gold Creek, Montana. Former president Ulysses S. Grant drove in the final "golden spike" in an event attended by rail and political luminaries.
    • October 4 » First meeting of the Boys' Brigade in Glasgow, Scotland.
    • November 18 » American and Canadian railroads institute five standard continental time zones, ending the confusion of thousands of local times.

Day of marriage May 1, 1905

  • The temperature on May 1, 1905 was between 9.7 °C and 16.6 °C and averaged 12.7 °C. There was 2.4 hours of sunshine (16%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. 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 Netherlands , there was from August 17, 1905 to February 11, 1908 the cabinet De Meester, with Mr. Th. de Meester (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1905: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.5 million citizens.
    • February 5 » In Mexico, the General Hospital of Mexico is inaugurated, started with four basic specialties.
    • May 15 » Las Vegas is founded when 110 acres (0.45km), in what later would become downtown, are auctioned off.
    • August 10 » Russo-Japanese War: Peace negotiations begin in Portsmouth, New Hampshire.
    • November 12 » Norway holds a referendum resulting in popular approval of the Storting's decision to authorise the government to make the offer of the throne of the newly independent country.
    • November 18 » Prince Carl of Denmark becomes King Haakon VII of Norway.
    • November 28 » Irish nationalist Arthur Griffith founds Sinn Féin as a political party with the main aim of establishing a dual monarchy in Ireland.

Day of death December 14, 1960

  • The temperature on December 14, 1960 was between -0.9 °C and 0.2 °C and averaged -0.3 °C. There was 4.4 mm of rain during 10.1 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. 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 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 1960: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 11.4 million citizens.
    • January 18 » Capital Airlines Flight 20 crashes into a farm in Charles City County, Virginia, killing all 50 aboard, the third fatal Capital Airlines crash in as many years.
    • February 16 » The U.S. Navy submarine USSTriton begins Operation Sandblast, setting sail from New London, Connecticut, to begin the first submerged circumnavigation of the globe.
    • June 19 » The first NASCAR race was held at Charlotte Motor Speedway.
    • September 14 » The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) is founded.
    • December 14 » Convention against Discrimination in Education of UNESCO is adopted.
    • December 15 » Richard Pavlick is arrested for plotting to assassinate U.S. President-Elect John F. Kennedy.


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