Dreyer Tree » Jacob Francios van der Merwe (1848-1931)

Personal data Jacob Francios van der Merwe 

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Household of Jacob Francios van der Merwe

Waarschuwing Attention: Wife (Christina Johanna Sophia Dreyer) is also his cousin.

He is married to Christina Johanna Sophia Dreyer.

They got married on May 13, 1868 at Potchefstroom, Transvaal, South Africa, he was 20 years old.


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    1. Meiring Web Site, John Henry Meiring, Jacobus Francois van der Merwe, February 20, 2016
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    Historical events

    Birthday May 4, 1848

    • The temperature on May 4, 1848 was about 15.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northeast. Weather type: helder. Source: KNMI
    •  This page is only available in Dutch.
      De Republiek der Verenigde Nederlanden werd in 1794-1795 door de Fransen veroverd onder leiding van bevelhebber Charles Pichegru (geholpen door de Nederlander Herman Willem Daendels); de verovering werd vergemakkelijkt door het dichtvriezen van de Waterlinie; Willem V moest op 18 januari 1795 uitwijken naar Engeland (en van daaruit in 1801 naar Duitsland); de patriotten namen de macht over van de aristocratische regenten en proclameerden de Bataafsche Republiek; op 16 mei 1795 werd het Haags Verdrag gesloten, waarmee ons land een vazalstaat werd van Frankrijk; in 3.1796 kwam er een Nationale Vergadering; in 1798 pleegde Daendels een staatsgreep, die de unitarissen aan de macht bracht; er kwam een nieuwe grondwet, die een Vertegenwoordigend Lichaam (met een Eerste en Tweede Kamer) instelde en als regering een Directoire; in 1799 sloeg Daendels bij Castricum een Brits-Russische invasie af; in 1801 kwam er een nieuwe grondwet; bij de Vrede van Amiens (1802) kreeg ons land van Engeland zijn koloniën terug (behalve Ceylon); na de grondwetswijziging van 1805 kwam er een raadpensionaris als eenhoofdig gezag, namelijk Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck (van 31 oktober 1761 tot 25 maart 1825).
    • From November 21, 1848 till November 1, 1849 the Netherlands had a cabinet De Kempenaer - Donker Curtius with the prime ministers Mr. J.M. de Kempenaer (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. D. Donker Curtius (conservatief-liberaal).
    • In the year 1848: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 3.1 million citizens.
      • February 21 » Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels publish The Communist Manifesto.
      • February 22 » The French Revolution of 1848, which would lead to the establishment of the French Second Republic, begins.
      • March 11 » Louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine and Robert Baldwin become the first Prime Ministers of the Province of Canada to be democratically elected under a system of responsible government.
      • March 15 » A revolution breaks out in Hungary. The Habsburg rulers are compelled to meet the demands of the Reform party.
      • June 26 » End of the June Days Uprising in Paris.
      • July 3 » Governor-General Peter von Scholten emancipates all remaining slaves in the Danish West Indies.

    Day of marriage May 13, 1868

    • The temperature on May 13, 1868 was about 21.0 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain. The air pressure was 3 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 62%. Source: KNMI
    • Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
    • 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).
    • From June 4, 1868 till January 4, 1871 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Bosse - Fock with the prime ministers Mr. P.P. van Bosse (liberaal) and Mr. C. Fock (liberaal).
    • In the year 1868: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
      • February 2 » Pro-Imperial forces captured Osaka Castle from the Tokugawa shogunate and burned it to the ground.
      • March 23 » The University of California is founded in Oakland, California when the Organic Act is signed into law.
      • April 7 » Thomas D'Arcy McGee, one of the Canadian Fathers of Confederation, is assassinated by a Fenian activist.
      • May 29 » Mihailo Obrenović III, Prince of Serbia is assassinated.
      • September 23 » Grito de Lares ("Lares Revolt") occurs in Puerto Rico against Spanish rule.
      • October 10 » The Ten Years' War begins against Spanish rule in Cuba.

    Day of death July 22, 1931

    • The temperature on July 22, 1931 was between 8.1 °C and 20.5 °C and averaged 15.3 °C. There was 5.8 hours of sunshine (36%). The average windspeed was 3 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 August 10, 1929 to May 26, 1933 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck III, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1931: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 7.9 million citizens.
      • February 20 » The U.S. Congress approves the construction of the San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge by the state of California.
      • March 19 » Gambling is legalized in Nevada.
      • March 26 » Swissair is founded as the national airline of Switzerland.
      • June 23 » Wiley Post and Harold Gatty take off from Roosevelt Field, Long Island in an attempt to circumnavigate the world in a single-engine plane.
      • August 24 » France and the Soviet Union sign a neutrality pact.
      • September 30 » Start of "Die Voortrekkers" youth movement for Afrikaners in Bloemfontein, South Africa.
    

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