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Personal data Maria Marthiena van Helsdingen 


Household of Maria Marthiena van Helsdingen

She is married to Thomas Andries Dreyer.

They got married on May 31, 1873 at Rustenburg, Transvaal, South Africa, she was 16 years old.


Child(ren):

  2. Maria Elizabeth Dreyer  1879-1921 
  6. Thomas Andries Dreyer  1886-1960 
  10. Daniel Petrus Dreyer  1890-1970 
  12. Marthinus Dreyer  1896-1901

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Historical events

Birthday August 5, 1856

  • The temperature on August 5, 1856 was about 17.4 °C. The air pressure was 0.5 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the east-northeast. The atmospheric humidity was 67%. 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).
  • From April 19, 1853 till July 1, 1856 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Hall - Donker Curtius with the prime ministers Mr. F.A. baron Van Hall (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. D. Donker Curtius (conservatief-liberaal).
  • In The Netherlands , there was from July 1, 1856 to March 18, 1858 the cabinet Van der Brugghen, with Mr. J.L.L. van der Brugghen (protestant) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1856: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.3 million citizens.
    • February 11 » The Kingdom of Awadh is annexed by the British East India Company and Wajid Ali Shah, the king of Awadh, is deposed.
    • April 11 » Second Battle of Rivas: Juan Santamaría burns down the hostel where William Walker's filibusters are holed up.
    • May 22 » Congressman Preston Brooks of South Carolina severely beats Senator Charles Sumner of Massachusetts with a cane in the hall of the United States Senate for a speech Sumner had made regarding Southerners and slavery.
    • May 24 » John Brown and his men kill five slavery supporters at Pottawatomie Creek, Kansas.
    • August 10 » The Last Island hurricane strikes Louisiana, resulting in over 200 deaths.
    • October 8 » The Second Opium War between several western powers and China begins with the Arrow Incident.

Day of marriage May 31, 1873

  • The temperature on May 31, 1873 was about 12.4 °C. There was 0.9 mm of rain. The air pressure was 3 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 83%. Source: KNMI
  • Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • From July 6, 1872 till August 27, 1874 the Netherlands had a cabinet De Vries - Fransen van de Putte with the prime ministers Mr. G. de Vries Azn. (liberaal) and I.D. Fransen van de Putte (liberaal).
  • In the year 1873: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
    • February 18 » Bulgarian revolutionary leader Vasil Levski is executed by hanging in Sofia by the Ottoman authorities.
    • March 10 » The first Azerbaijani play "The Adventures of the Vizier of the Khan of Lenkaran" prepared by Akhundov was performed by Hassan-bey Zardabi and dramatist and Najaf-bey Vezirov.
    • April 1 » The White Star steamer RMSAtlantic sinks off Nova Scotia, killing 547 in one of the worst marine disasters of the 19th century.
    • June 18 » Susan B. Anthony is fined $100 for attempting to vote in the 1872 presidential election.
    • August 2 » The Clay Street Hill Railroad begins operating the first cable car in San Francisco's famous cable car system.
    • August 23 » Albert Bridge in Chelsea, London opens.

Day of death September 22, 1929

  • The temperature on September 22, 1929 was between 8.4 °C and 17.3 °C and averaged 13.2 °C. There was 1.7 mm of rain. There was 5.6 hours of sunshine (46%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from March 8, 1926 to August 10, 1929 the cabinet De Geer I, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from August 10, 1929 to May 26, 1933 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck III, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1929: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 7.7 million citizens.
    • January 6 » Mother Teresa arrives by sea in Calcutta, India, to begin her work among India's poorest and sick people.
    • February 11 » Kingdom of Italy and the Vatican sign the Lateran Treaty.
    • February 14 » Saint Valentine's Day Massacre: Seven people, six of them gangster rivals of Al Capone's gang, are murdered in Chicago.
    • February 26 » President Calvin Coolidge signs an executive order establishing the 96,000 acre Grand Teton National Park in Wyoming.
    • May 16 » In Hollywood, the first Academy Awards ceremony takes place.
    • July 24 » The Kellogg–Briand Pact, renouncing war as an instrument of foreign policy, goes into effect (it is first signed in Paris on August 27, 1928, by most leading world powers).


Same birth/death day

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  • 1844 » Ilya Repin, Russian painter and sculptor († 1930)
  • 1850 » Guy de Maupassant, French short story writer, novelist, and poet († 1893)
  • 1860 » Louis Wain, English artist († 1939)
  • 1862 » Joseph Merrick, English man with severe deformities († 1890)
  • 1866 » Carl Harries, German chemist and academic († 1923)
  • 1866 » Harry Trott, Australian cricketer († 1917)

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About the surname Van Helsdingen


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