Dreyer Tree » Jacobus Abraham Theodorus Cerff (1843-1902)

Personal data Jacobus Abraham Theodorus Cerff 

  • He was born on March 18, 1843 in Kaapstad, Kaap de Goede Hoop, Suid-Afrika.
  • He died on September 24, 1902 in Kaapstad, Woodstock, Kaap de Goede Hoop, Suid-Afrika, he was 59 years old.

Household of Jacobus Abraham Theodorus Cerff

He is married to Susanna Berry Holloway.

They got married on September 2, 1861 at Kaapstad, Kaap de Goede Hoop, Suid-Afrika, he was 18 years old.

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Historical events

Birthday March 18, 1843

  • The temperature on March 18, 1843 was about 5.0 °C. Wind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: helder. Source: KNMI
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    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 1843: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.1 million citizens.
    • February 6 » The first minstrel show in the United States, The Virginia Minstrels, opens (Bowery Amphitheatre in New York City).
    • February 25 » Lord George Paulet occupies the Kingdom of Hawaii in the name of Great Britain in the Paulet Affair (1843).
    • June 26 » Treaty of Nanking comes into effect, Hong Kong Island is ceded to the British "in perpetuity".
    • July 19 » Brunel's steamship the SSGreat Britain is launched, becoming the first ocean-going craft with an iron hull and screw propeller, becoming the largest vessel afloat in the world.
    • September 3 » King Otto of Greece is forced to grant a constitution following an uprising in Athens.
    • December 16 » The discovery of octonions by John T. Graves, who denoted them with a boldface O, was announced to his mathematician friend William Hamilton, discoverer of quaternions, in a letter on this date.

Day of death September 24, 1902

  • The temperature on September 24, 1902 was between 7.2 °C and 16.2 °C and averaged 12.3 °C. 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 August 1, 1901 to August 16, 1905 the cabinet Kuijper, with Dr. A. Kuijper (AR) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1902: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.2 million citizens.
    • January 1 » The first American college football bowl game, the Rose Bowl between Michigan and Stanford, is held in Pasadena, California.
    • January 28 » The Carnegie Institution of Washington is founded in Washington, D.C. with a $10 million gift from Andrew Carnegie.
    • April 2 » "Electric Theatre", the first full-time movie theater in the United States, opens in Los Angeles.
    • May 20 » Cuba gains independence from the United States. Tomás Estrada Palma becomes the country's first President.
    • May 31 » Second Boer War: The Treaty of Vereeniging ends the war and ensures British control of South Africa.
    • November 29 » The Pittsburgh Stars defeated the Philadelphia Athletics, 11–0 to win the first championship associated with an American national professional football league.


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