Family tree Eric Esterhuizen » Christoffel HOFMEYR (1871-1956)
Personal data Christoffel HOFMEYR
Source 1Source 2- He was born on November 22, 1871 in Goedgedacht.Source 2
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- He died on February 25, 1956 in Pietersburg, he was 84 years old.Source 2
- A child of Stephanus Johannes Gerhardus HOFMEYR and Anna Catharina Neetling
- This information was last updated on September 2, 2010.
Household of Christoffel HOFMEYR
He is married to Elizabeth Margaretha Uys.
They got married on February 11, 1896 at Stellenbosch, he was 24 years old.Source 2
Die egpaar het 6 kindersSource 2
Child(ren):
- Elizabeth Margareth Una HOFMEYR 1910-1915
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Historical events
Birthday November 22, 1871
- The temperature on November 22, 1871 was about -1.0 °C. The atmospheric humidity was 88%. 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 June 4, 1868 till January 4, 1871 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Bosse - Fock with the prime ministers Mr. P.P. van Bosse (liberaal) and Mr. C. Fock (liberaal).
- In The Netherlands , there was from January 4, 1871 to July 6, 1872 the cabinet Thorbecke III, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
- In the year 1871: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
- January 18 » Wilhelm I of Germany is proclaimed Kaiser Wilhelm in the Hall of Mirrors of the Palace of Versailles (France) towards the end of the Franco-Prussian War. Wilhelm already had the title of German Emperor since the constitution of 1 January 1871, but he had hesitated to accept the title.
- March 21 » Journalist Henry Morton Stanley begins his trek to find the missionary and explorer David Livingstone.
- March 21 » Otto von Bismarck is appointed as the first Chancellor of the German Empire.
- March 26 » The elections of Commune council of the Paris Commune are held.
- March 29 » Royal Albert Hall is opened by Queen Victoria.
- September 20 » Bishop John Coleridge Patteson, first bishop of Melanesia, is martyred on Nukapu, now in the Solomon Islands.
Day of marriage February 11, 1896
- The temperature on February 11, 1896 was about 5.4 °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 May 9, 1894 to July 27, 1897 the cabinet Roëll, with Jonkheer mr. J. Roëll (oud-liberaal) as prime minister.
- In the year 1896: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
- January 18 » An X-ray generating machine is exhibited for the first time by H. L. Smith.
- March 1 » Henri Becquerel discovers radioactive decay.
- March 20 » With the approval of Emperor Guangxu, the Qing dynasty post office is opened, marking the beginning of a postal service in China.
- July 9 » William Jennings Bryan delivers his Cross of Gold speech advocating bimetallism at the 1896 Democratic National Convention in Chicago.
- September 22 » Queen Victoria surpasses her grandfather King George III as the longest reigning monarch in British history.
- December 14 » The Glasgow Underground Railway is opened by the Glasgow District Subway Company.
Day of death February 25, 1956
- The temperature on February 25, 1956 was between -15.1 °C and -2.1 °C and averaged -9.1 °C. There was 9.4 hours of sunshine (89%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. 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 September 2, 1952 to October 13, 1956 the cabinet Drees II, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
- In The Netherlands , there was from October 13, 1956 to December 22, 1957 the cabinet Drees III, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
- In the year 1956: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 10.8 million citizens.
- January 1 » Sudan achieves independence from Egypt and the United Kingdom.
- June 28 » in Poznań, workers from HCP factory go to the streets, sparking one of the first major protests against communist government both in Poland and Europe.
- June 29 » The Federal Aid Highway Act of 1956 is signed by U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower, officially creating the United States Interstate Highway System.
- October 21 » The Mau Mau Uprising in Kenya is defeated.
- November 12 » In the midst of the Suez Crisis, Palestinian refugees are shot dead in Rafah by Israeli soldiers following the invasion of the Gaza Strip.
- November 12 » Morocco, Sudan and Tunisia join the United Nations.
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- 1950 » George Minot, American physician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1885)
- 1953 » Sergei Winogradsky, Ukrainian-Russian microbiologist and ecologist (b. 1856)
- 1957 » Bugs Moran, American mob boss (b. 1893)
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- 1963 » Melville J. Herskovits, American anthropologist and academic (b. 1895)
- 1964 » Alexander Archipenko, Ukrainian sculptor and illustrator (b. 1887)
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