Dreyer Tree » Christoffel Jacobus Dreyer (1896-1978)
Personal data Christoffel Jacobus Dreyer
- He was born on April 28, 1896 in Oorsonskraal, district Wolmaransstad, Transvaal, SA.
- He died on November 4, 1978 in Pretoria, Transvaal, South Africa, he was 82 years old.
- A child of Lucas Ignatius "Ignardus" Dreyer and Anna Maria Waldeck
Household of Christoffel Jacobus Dreyer
He is married to Anna Christina Elizabeth Visser.
They got married
Child(ren):
- Lucas Ignatius Dreyer 1917-1998
- Alida Maria Dreyer 1920-1998
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Historical events
Birthday April 28, 1896
- The temperature on April 28, 1896 was about 11.8 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 97%. 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 May 9, 1894 to July 27, 1897 the cabinet Roëll, with Jonkheer mr. J. Roëll (oud-liberaal) as prime minister.
- In the year 1896: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
- March 20 » With the approval of Emperor Guangxu, the Qing dynasty post office is opened, marking the beginning of a postal service in China.
- May 26 » Charles Dow publishes the first edition of the Dow Jones Industrial Average.
- June 28 » An explosion in the Newton Coal Company's Twin Shaft Mine in Pittston, Pennsylvania results in a massive cave-in that kills 58 miners.
- July 9 » William Jennings Bryan delivers his Cross of Gold speech advocating bimetallism at the 1896 Democratic National Convention in Chicago.
- August 16 » Skookum Jim Mason, George Carmack and Dawson Charlie discover gold in a tributary of the Klondike River in Canada, setting off the Klondike Gold Rush.
- September 22 » Queen Victoria surpasses her grandfather King George III as the longest reigning monarch in British history.
Day of death November 4, 1978
- The temperature on November 4, 1978 was between 7.0 °C and 11.9 °C and averaged 9.3 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (2%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
- Koningin Juliana (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from September 4, 1948 till April 30, 1980 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
- In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, December 19, 1977 to Friday, September 11, 1981 the cabinet Van Agt I, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA/KVP) as prime minister.
- In the year 1978: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 13.9 million citizens.
- January 1 » Air India Flight 855, a Boeing 747, crashes into the Arabian Sea, due to instrument failure, spatial disorientation, and pilot error, off the coast of Bombay, India, killing all 213 people on board.
- January 18 » The European Court of Human Rights finds the United Kingdom's government guilty of mistreating prisoners in Northern Ireland, but not guilty of torture.
- May 1 » Japan's Naomi Uemura, travelling by dog sled, becomes the first person to reach the North Pole alone.
- June 9 » The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints opens its priesthood to "all worthy men", ending a 148-year-old policy of excluding black men.
- November 23 » The Geneva Frequency Plan of 1975 goes into effect, realigning many of Europe's longwave and mediumwave broadcasting frequencies.
- December 22 » The pivotal Third Plenum of the 11th National Congress of the Communist Party of China is held in Beijing, with Deng Xiaoping reversing Mao-era policies to pursue a program for Chinese economic reform.
Same birth/death day
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- 1900 » Alice Berry, Australian activist († 1978)
- 1900 » Heinrich Müller, German SS officer († 1945)
- 1900 » Jan Oort, Dutch astronomer and academic († 1992)
- 1974 » Bert Patenaude, American soccer player (b. 1909)
- 1975 » Francis Dvornik, Czech priest and academic (b. 1893)
- 1975 » Izzat Husrieh, Syrian journalist, historian, and academic (b. 1914)
- 1976 » Toni Ulmen, German race car driver and motorcycle racer (b. 1906)
- 1977 » Tom Reamy, American author and illustrator (b. 1935)
- 1980 » Elsie MacGill, Canadian-American engineer and author (b. 1905)
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