Dreyer Tree » Christiaan Lourens Dreyer f1g1 (1894-1952)
Personal data Christiaan Lourens Dreyer f1g1
- He was born on October 12, 1894 in Kraalhoek, Adelaide, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
- He died on July 21, 1952 in Fort Beaufort, Cape Province, South Africa, he was 57 years old.
- A child of Caspares Johannes Dreyer and Susanna Philippina Nel
Household of Christiaan Lourens Dreyer f1g1
(1) He is married to Wilhelmina Philippina van Rooyen.
They got married
Child(ren):
- Caspares Johannes Dreyer 1924-1997
- (Not public)
(2) He is married to Gertruida Francina.
They got married
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Historical events
Birthday October 12, 1894
- The temperature on October 12, 1894 was about 8.7 °C. The airpressure was 77 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 August 21, 1891 to May 9, 1894 the cabinet Van Tienhoven, with Mr. G. van Tienhoven (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
- 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 1894: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
- April 14 » The first ever commercial motion picture house opened in New York City using ten Kinetoscopes, a device for peep-show viewing of films.
- May 21 » The Manchester Ship Canal in the United Kingdom is officially opened by Queen Victoria, who later knights its designer Sir Edward Leader Williams.
- June 28 » Labor Day becomes an official US holiday.
- July 25 » The First Sino-Japanese War begins when the Japanese fire upon a Chinese warship.
- November 17 » H. H. Holmes, one of the first modern serial killers, is arrested in Boston, Massachusetts.
- December 22 » The Dreyfus affair begins in France, when Alfred Dreyfus is wrongly convicted of treason.
Day of death July 21, 1952
- The temperature on July 21, 1952 was between 8.5 °C and 23.5 °C and averaged 16.7 °C. There was 13.1 hours of sunshine (82%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north. 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 March 15, 1951 to September 2, 1952 the cabinet Drees I, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
- In The Netherlands , there was from September 2, 1952 to October 13, 1956 the cabinet Drees II, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
- In the year 1952: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 10.3 million citizens.
- January 26 » Black Saturday in Egypt: rioters burn Cairo's central business district, targeting British and upper-class Egyptian businesses.
- February 6 » Elizabeth II becomes Queen of the United Kingdom and her other Realms and Territories and Head of the Commonwealth upon the death of her father, George VI. At the exact moment of succession, she was in a tree house at the Treetops Hotel in Kenya.
- March 21 » Alan Freed presents the Moondog Coronation Ball, the first rock and roll concert, in Cleveland, Ohio.
- August 12 » The Night of the Murdered Poets: Thirteen prominent Jewish intellectuals are murdered in Moscow, Russia, Soviet Union.
- November 14 » The first regular UK Singles Chart published by the New Musical Express.
- December 30 » An RAF Avro Lancaster bomber crashed in Luqa, Malta after an engine failure, killing three crew members and a civilian on the ground.
Same birth/death day
- 1891 » Edith Stein, Polish nun and martyr; later canonized († 1942)
- 1891 » Fumimaro Konoe, Japanese soldier and politician, 39th Prime Minister of Japan († 1945)
- 1892 » Gilda dalla Rizza, Italian soprano and actress († 1975)
- 1893 » Velvalee Dickinson, American spy († 1980)
- 1894 » Elisabeth of Romania, queen consort of Greece († 1956)
- 1896 » Eugenio Montale, Italian poet and translator, Nobel Prize laureate († 1981)
- 1943 » Charley Paddock, American runner and actor (b. 1900)
- 1943 » Louis Vauxcelles, French Jewish art critic (b. 1870)
- 1944 » Claus von Stauffenberg, German soldier (b. 1907)
- 1946 » Gualberto Villarroel, Bolivian soldier and politician, 45th President of Bolivia (b. 1908)
- 1948 » Arshile Gorky, Armenian-American painter and illustrator (b. 1904)
- 1952 » Pedro Lascuráin, Mexican politician, president for 45 minutes on February 13, 1913. (b. 1856)
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Hendrik Dreyer, "Dreyer Tree", database, Genealogy Online (https://www.genealogieonline.nl/dreyer-tree/I8457.php : accessed January 20, 2026), "Christiaan Lourens Dreyer f1g1 (1894-1952)".
Hendrik Dreyer, "Dreyer Tree", database, Genealogy Online (https://www.genealogieonline.nl/dreyer-tree/I8457.php : accessed January 20, 2026), "Christiaan Lourens Dreyer f1g1 (1894-1952)".