Dreyer Tree » Christina Wilhelmina Rex b8 (1815-1879)
Personal data Christina Wilhelmina Rex b8
- She was born on September 17, 1815 in Knysna, South Cape DC, Western Cape, South Africa.
- She died on June 22, 1879 in Knysna, South Cape DC, Western Cape, South Africa, she was 63 years old.
- A child of George Rex and Carolina Maria Ungerer
Household of Christina Wilhelmina Rex b8
She is married to Jan Willem Coenraad Nelson.
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Birthday September 17, 1815
- The temperature on September 17, 1815 was about 17.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east. Weather type: half bewolkt omtrent helder. 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).
- In the year 1815: Source: Wikipedia
- March 2 » Signing of the Kandyan Convention treaty by British invaders and the leaders of the Kingdom of Kandy.
- March 16 » Prince Willem proclaims himself King of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands, the first constitutional monarch in the Netherlands.
- April 10 » The Mount Tambora volcano begins a three-month-long eruption, lasting until July 15. The eruption ultimately kills 71,000 people and affects Earth's climate for the next two years.
- June 1 » Napoleon promulgates a revised Constitution after it passes a plebiscite.
- June 16 » Battle of Ligny and Battle of Quatre Bras, two days before the Battle of Waterloo.
- December 25 » The Handel and Haydn Society, oldest continually performing arts organization in the United States, gives its first performance.
Day of death June 22, 1879
- The temperature on June 22, 1879 was about 16.0 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain. The air pressure was 14 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 63%. Source: KNMI
- Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
- In The Netherlands , there was from November 3, 1877 to August 20, 1879 the cabinet Kappeijne van de Coppello, with Mr. J. Kappeijne van de Coppello (liberaal) as prime minister.
- In The Netherlands , there was from August 20, 1879 to April 23, 1883 the cabinet Van Lijnden van Sandenburg, with Mr. C.Th. baron Van Lijnden van Sandenburg (conservatief-AR) as prime minister.
- In the year 1879: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
- February 15 » Women's rights: US President Rutherford B. Hayes signs a bill allowing female attorneys to argue cases before the Supreme Court of the United States.
- May 2 » The Spanish Socialist Workers' Party is founded in Madrid by Pablo Iglesias.
- May 26 » Russia and the United Kingdom sign the Treaty of Gandamak establishing an Afghan state.
- July 4 » Anglo-Zulu War: The Zululand capital of Ulundi is captured by British troops and burned to the ground, ending the war and forcing King Cetshwayo to flee.
- October 15 » The Segura river in southeastern Spain floods, killing 1077 people.
- October 21 » Thomas Edison applies for a patent for his design for an incandescent light bulb.
Same birth/death day
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- 1820 » Émile Augier, French playwright († 1889)
- 1820 » Earl Van Dorn, Confederate general († 1863)
- 1821 » Arthur Saint-Léon, French choreographer († 1870)
- 1825 » Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar II, American jurist and politician, 16th United States Secretary of the Interior († 1893)
- 1868 » Heber C. Kimball, American religious leader (b. 1801)
- 1872 » Rudecindo Alvarado, Argentinian general (b. 1792)
- 1874 » Howard Staunton, English chess player (b. 1810)
- 1892 » Pierre Ossian Bonnet, French mathematician and academic (b. 1819)
- 1894 » Alexandre-Antonin Taché, Canadian archbishop and missionary (b. 1823)
- 1905 » Francis Lubbock, American colonel and politician, 9th Governor of Texas (b. 1815)
About the surname Rex
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Hendrik Dreyer, "Dreyer Tree", database, Genealogy Online (https://www.genealogieonline.nl/dreyer-tree/I9034.php : accessed January 17, 2026), "Christina Wilhelmina Rex b8 (1815-1879)".