Dreyer Tree » Gert van der Merwe (1874-1943)

Personal data Gert van der Merwe 

  • He was born in the year 1874.
  • He died on July 11, 1943, he was 69 years old.

Household of Gert van der Merwe

He is married to Martha Catharina Stoffelina Dreyer.

They got married

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Historical events

Day of death July 11, 1943

  • The temperature on July 11, 1943 was between 11.7 °C and 17.8 °C and averaged 15.7 °C. There was 2.9 mm of rain during 3.7 hours. There was 0.3 hours of sunshine (2%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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 July 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1943: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 9.1 million citizens.
    • January 14 » World War II: Franklin D. Roosevelt and Winston Churchill begin the Casablanca Conference to discuss strategy and study the next phase of the war.
    • February 16 » World War II: In the early phases of the Third Battle of Kharkov, Red Army troops re-enter the city.
    • June 4 » A military coup in Argentina ousts Ramón Castillo.
    • July 1 » The City of Tokyo and the Prefecture of Tokyo are both replaced by the Tokyo Metropolis.
    • August 31 » USSHarmon, the first U.S. Navy ship to be named after a black person, is commissioned.
    • November 1 » World War II: The 3rd Marine Division, United States Marines, landing on Bougainville in the Solomon Islands, secures a beachhead, leading that night to a naval clash at the Battle of Empress Augusta Bay.


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About the surname Van der Merwe


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