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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.
    • March 28 » Tonkin Campaign: French victory in the Battle of Gia Cuc.
    • August 12 » The last quagga dies at the Natura Artis Magistra, a zoo in Amsterdam, Netherlands.
    • August 21 » An F5 tornado strikes Rochester, Minnesota, leading to the creation of the Mayo Clinic.
    • October 4 » First run of the Orient Express.
    • November 9 » The 90th Winnipeg Battalion of Rifles, (later the Royal Winnipeg Rifles) of the Canadian Armed Forces is founded.
    • December 16 » Tonkin Campaign: French forces capture the Sơn Tây citadel.

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.
    • January 26 » The world's largest diamond ever, the Cullinan weighing 3,106.75 carats (0.621350kg), is found at the Premier Mine near Pretoria in South Africa.
    • April 17 » The Supreme Court of the United States decides Lochner v. New York, which holds that the "right to free contract" is implicit in the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution.
    • June 27 » During the Russo-Japanese War, sailors start a mutiny aboard the Russian battleship Potemkin.
    • September 5 » Russo-Japanese War: In New Hampshire, United States, the Treaty of Portsmouth, mediated by U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt, ends the war.
    • November 28 » Irish nationalist Arthur Griffith founds Sinn Féin as a political party with the main aim of establishing a dual monarchy in Ireland.
    • December 30 » Former Idaho Governor Frank Steunenberg is assassinated at the front gate of his home in Caldwell.

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 14 » The Reserve Bank of Australia, the country's central bank and banknote issuing authority, is established.
    • May 13 » Hundreds of University of California, Berkeley students congregate for the first day of protest against a visit by the House Committee on Un-American Activities.
    • August 6 » Cuban Revolution: Cuba nationalizes American and foreign-owned property in the nation.
    • September 14 » The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) is founded.
    • October 4 » An airliner crashes on takeoff from Boston's Logan International Airport, killing 62 people.
    • November 11 » A military coup against President Ngô Đình Diệm of South Vietnam is crushed.


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