Dreyer Tree » Johan George Dreyer b4c5d1e3f3 (1866-1916)
Personal data Johan George Dreyer b4c5d1e3f3
Source 1- He was born on August 30, 1866 in Port Nolloth, Northern Cape, South Africa.
- He died on August 21, 1916 in Observatory, City of Cape Town Metropolitan Municipality, Western Cape, South Africa, he was 49 years old.
- He is buried in Observatory, Cape Town.
- A child of Frederik Willem Dreyer and Gertruida Francina Adriana Muller
Household of Johan George Dreyer b4c5d1e3f3
He is married to Annetta Jane.
They got married at Port Nolloth Cape Province South Africa.
Child(ren):
- Hilda Dreyer 1888-1888
- Leslie Llewelyn Dreyer 1890-1916
- Daisy Dreyer 1894-1895
- Doris Gwendolen Dreyer 1896-????
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- Cronje Web Site, Hildegard Cronje, Johan George DREYER, February 4, 2016
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Historical events
Birthday August 30, 1866
- The temperature on August 30, 1866 was about 16.5 °C. There was 2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 27 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-northwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 81%. 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 February 1, 1862 to February 10, 1866 the cabinet Thorbecke II, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
- In The Netherlands , there was from February 10, 1866 to June 1, 1866 the cabinet Fransen van de Putte, with I.D. Fransen van de Putte (liberaal) as prime minister.
- From June 1, 1866 till June 4, 1868 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt - Heemskerk with the prime ministers Mr. J.P.J.A. graaf Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt (AR) and Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief).
- In the year 1866: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
- January 12 » The Royal Aeronautical Society is formed in London.
- April 8 » Italy and Prussia ally against the Austrian Empire.
- May 2 » Peruvian defenders fight off the Spanish fleet at the Battle of Callao.
- May 5 » Memorial Day first celebrated in United States at Waterloo, New York.
- May 16 » The United States Congress establishes the nickel.
- July 24 » Reconstruction: Tennessee becomes the first U.S. state to be readmitted to the Union following the American Civil War.
Day of death August 21, 1916
- The temperature on August 21, 1916 was between 8.2 °C and 18.6 °C and averaged 13.6 °C. There was 0.7 mm of rain. There was 3.8 hours of sunshine (26%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. 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 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
- In the year 1916: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 6.4 million citizens.
- January 29 » World War I: Paris is first bombed by German zeppelins.
- February 27 » Ocean liner SS Maloja strikes a mine near Dover and sinks with the loss of 155 lives.
- May 16 » The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and the French Third Republic sign the secret wartime Sykes-Picot Agreement partitioning former Ottoman territories such as Iraq and Syria.
- September 6 » The first self-service grocery store Piggly Wiggly was opened in Memphis, Tennessee by Clarence Saunders.
- September 11 » The Quebec Bridge's central span collapses, killing 11 men. The bridge previously collapsed completely on August 29, 1907.
- December 29 » A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, the first novel by James Joyce, was first published as a book by an American publishing house B. W. Huebschis after it had been serialized in The Egoist (1914–15).
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- 1919 » Laurence Doherty, English tennis player (b. 1875)
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