Dreyer Tree » Jan Christoffel Hofmeijer (1826-1898)
Personal data Jan Christoffel Hofmeijer
- He was born on May 8, 1826.
- He died on February 17, 1898, he was 71 years old.
- A child of Hendrik Johannes De Waal Hofmeyer and Antonia Maria Berrange
Household of Jan Christoffel Hofmeijer
Attention: Partner (Helena Johanna Loubser) is 49 years younger.
(1) He is married to Catharina Geertruida Claris Truter.
They got married on July 5, 1855 at Cape Town Cape South Africa, he was 29 years old.
(2) He is married to Helena Johanna Loubser.
They got married on May 17, 1893 at Cape Town Cape South Africa, he was 67 years old.
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Historical events
Birthday May 8, 1826
- The temperature on May 8, 1826 was about 10.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north-northeast. Weather type: half bewolkt betrokken regen. 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).
- In the year 1826: Source: Wikipedia
- February 11 » University College London is founded as University of London.
- February 24 » The signing of the Treaty of Yandabo marks the end of the First Anglo-Burmese War.
- April 1 » Samuel Morey received a patent for a compressionless "Gas or Vapor Engine".
- September 11 » Captain William Morgan, an ex-freemason is arrested in Batavia, New York for debt after declaring that he would publish The Mysteries of Free Masonry, a book against Freemasonry. This sets into motion the events that lead to his mysterious disappearance.
- November 25 » The Greek frigate Hellas arrives in Nafplion to become the first flagship of the Hellenic Navy.
- December 24 » The Eggnog Riot at the United States Military Academy begins that night, wrapping up the following morning.
Day of marriage May 17, 1893
- The temperature on May 17, 1893 was about 19.7 °C. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 70%. Source: KNMI
- Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
- Regentes Emma (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1898 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
- In The Netherlands , there was from August 21, 1891 to May 9, 1894 the cabinet Van Tienhoven, with Mr. G. van Tienhoven (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
- In the year 1893: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
- February 1 » Thomas A. Edison finishes construction of the first motion picture studio, the Black Maria in West Orange, New Jersey.
- July 9 » Daniel Hale Williams, American heart surgeon, performs the first successful open-heart surgery in United States without anesthesia.
- August 1 » Henry Perky patents shredded wheat.
- September 16 » Settlers make a land run for prime land in the Cherokee Strip in Oklahoma.
- November 7 » Women's suffrage: Women in the U.S. state of Colorado are granted the right to vote, the second state to do so.
- November 28 » Women's suffrage in New Zealand concludes with the 1893 New Zealand general election.
Day of death February 17, 1898
- The temperature on February 17, 1898 was about 3.7 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 85%. Source: KNMI
- Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
- Regentes Emma (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1898 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
- In The Netherlands , there was from July 27, 1897 to August 1, 1901 the cabinet Pierson, with Mr. N.G. Pierson (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
- In the year 1898: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
- January 1 » New York, New York annexes land from surrounding counties, creating the City of Greater New York. The four initial boroughs, Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, and The Bronx, are joined on January 25 by Staten Island to create the modern city of five boroughs.
- June 21 » The United States captures Guam from Spain. The few warning shots fired by the U.S. naval vessels are misinterpreted as salutes by the Spanish garrison, which was unaware that the two nations were at war.
- July 8 » The death of crime boss Soapy Smith, killed in the Shootout on Juneau Wharf, releases Skagway, Alaska from his iron grip.
- August 29 » The Goodyear tire company is founded.
- September 18 » The Fashoda Incident triggers the last war scare between Britain and France.
- October 14 » The steam ship SSMohegan sinks near the Lizard peninsula, Cornwall, killing 106.
Same birth/death day
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- 1824 » William Walker, American physician, lawyer, journalist and mercenary († 1860)
- 1825 » George Bruce Malleson, English-Indian colonel and author († 1898)
- 1828 » Charbel Makhluf, Lebanese monk and saint († 1898)
- 1828 » Henry Dunant, Swiss businessman and activist, co-founded the Red Cross, Nobel Prize laureate († 1910)
- 1829 » Louis Moreau Gottschalk, American pianist and composer († 1869)
- 1874 » Adolphe Quetelet, Belgian astronomer, mathematician, and sociologist (b. 1796)
- 1890 » Christopher Latham Sholes, American publisher and politician (b. 1819)
- 1905 » William Bickerton, English-American religious leader, leader in the Latter Day Saint movement (b. 1815)
- 1909 » Geronimo, American tribal leader (b. 1829)
- 1912 » Edgar Evans, Welsh sailor and explorer (b. 1876)
- 1919 » Wilfrid Laurier, Canadian lawyer and politician, 7th Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1841)
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