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
- March 13 » Pope Leo XII publishes the apostolic constitution Quo Graviora in which he renewed the prohibition on Catholics joining freemasonry.
- April 10 » The 10,500 inhabitants of the Greek town of Missolonghi begin leaving the town after a year's siege by Turkish forces. Very few of them survive.
- 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.
- December 16 » Benjamin W. Edwards rides into Mexican-controlled Nacogdoches, Texas, and declares himself ruler of the Republic of Fredonia.
- December 24 » The Eggnog Riot at the United States Military Academy begins that night, wrapping up the following morning.
- December 25 » The Eggnog Riot at the United States Military Academy concludes after beginning the previous evening.
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.
- March 1 » Electrical engineer Nikola Tesla gives the first public demonstration of radio in St. Louis, Missouri.
- June 20 » Lizzie Borden is acquitted of the murders of her father and stepmother.
- July 11 » The first cultured pearl is obtained by Kōkichi Mikimoto.
- October 28 » Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 6 in B Minor, Pathétique receives its première performance only nine days before the composer's death.
- 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 12 » Abdur Rahman Khan accepts the Durand Line as the border between Afghanistan and the British Raj.
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 10 » Spanish–American War: In the Battle of Guantánamo Bay, U.S. Marines begin the American invasion of Spanish-held Cuba.
- June 13 » Yukon Territory is formed, with Dawson chosen as its capital.
- August 25 » Seven hundred Greek civilians, 17 British guards and the British Consul of Crete are killed by a Turkish mob in Heraklion, Greece.
- October 1 » The Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration is founded under the name k.u.k. Exportakademie.
- November 3 » France withdraws its troops from Fashoda (now in Sudan), ending the Fashoda Incident.
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- 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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