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 1 » Henri Becquerel discovers radioactive decay.
- March 20 » With the approval of Emperor Guangxu, the Qing dynasty post office is opened, marking the beginning of a postal service in China.
- April 15 » Closing ceremony of the Games of the I Olympiad in Athens, Greece.
- May 18 » The United States Supreme Court rules in Plessy v. Ferguson that the "separate but equal" doctrine is constitutional.
- July 28 » The city of Miami, Florida is incorporated.
- August 17 » Bridget Driscoll became the first recorded case of a pedestrian killed in a collision with a motor car in the United Kingdom.
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.
- June 28 » The United States Supreme Court, in Regents of the University of California v. Bakke bars quota systems in college admissions.
- July 10 » ABC World News Tonight premieres on ABC.
- August 7 » U.S. President Jimmy Carter declares a federal emergency at Love Canal due to toxic waste that had been disposed of negligently.
- August 10 » Three members of the Ulrich family are killed in an accident. This leads to the Ford Pinto litigation.
- August 19 » In Iran, Cinema Rex fire caused more than 400 deaths.
- November 18 » In Jonestown, Guyana, Jim Jones led his Peoples Temple to a mass murder–suicide that claimed 918 lives in all, 909 of them in Jonestown itself, including over 270 children. Congressman Leo Ryan is murdered by members of the Peoples Temple hours earlier.
Same birth/death day
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- 1900 » Alice Berry, Australian activist († 1978)
- 1900 » Heinrich Müller, German SS officer († 1945)
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- 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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Hendrik Dreyer, "Dreyer Tree", database, Genealogy Online (https://www.genealogieonline.nl/dreyer-tree/I7842.php : accessed January 27, 2026), "Christoffel Jacobus Dreyer (1896-1978)".