Dreyer Tree » Maria Petronella Magdalena van Dyk (1861-1947)

Personal data Maria Petronella Magdalena van Dyk 

  • She was born on February 3, 1861 in "Uitkyk", Swellendam, Overberg District Municipality, Western Cape, South Africa.
  • She died on September 11, 1947 in "Uitkyk", Swellendam, Overberg District Municipality, Western Cape, South Africa, she was 86 years old.

Household of Maria Petronella Magdalena van Dyk

She is married to Dirk Coetzee Steyn.

They got married


Child(ren):

  1. Theunis Lodewyk Steyn  1890-1947 

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Maria Petronella Magdalena van Dyk
1861-1947



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  • The temperature on February 3, 1861 was about 1.3 °C. The air pressure was 3.5 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 90%. 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 February 23, 1860 till March 14, 1861 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Hall - Van Heemstra with the prime ministers Mr. F.A. baron Van Hall (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. S. baron Van Heemstra (liberaal).
  • From March 14, 1861 till January 31, 1862 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt - Loudon with the prime ministers Mr. J.P.P. baron Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. J. Loudon (liberaal).
  • In the year 1861: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
    • January 26 » American Civil War: The state of Louisiana secedes from the Union.
    • February 9 » American Civil War: Jefferson Davis is elected the Provisional President of the Confederate States of America by the Confederate convention at Montgomery, Alabama.
    • June 8 » American Civil War: Tennessee secedes from the Union.
    • October 17 » Aborigines kill Nineteen Europeans in the Cullin-la-ringo massacre.
    • December 9 » American Civil War: The Joint Committee on the Conduct of the War is established by the U.S. Congress.
    • December 26 » American Civil War: The Trent Affair: Confederate diplomatic envoys James Murray Mason and John Slidell are freed by the United States government, thus heading off a possible war between the United States and the United Kingdom.
  • The temperature on September 11, 1947 was between 9.5 °C and 26.6 °C and averaged 18.6 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 10.5 hours of sunshine (81%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. 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 July 3, 1946 to August 7, 1948 the cabinet Beel I, with Dr. L.J.M. Beel (KVP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1947: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 9.5 million citizens.
    • March 1 » The International Monetary Fund begins financial operations.
    • March 29 » Malagasy Uprising against French colonial rule in Madagascar.
    • July 8 » Reports are broadcast that a UFO crash landed in Roswell, New Mexico in what became known as the Roswell UFO incident.
    • September 30 » Pakistan joins the United Nations.
    • October 5 » President Truman makes the first televised Oval Office address.
    • November 17 » American scientists John Bardeen and Walter Houser Brattain observe the basic principles of the transistor, a key element for the electronics revolution of the 20th century.


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