Family tree Eric Esterhuizen » Jan Hendrik HOFMEYR (1852-1902)

Personal data Jan Hendrik HOFMEYR 

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Household of Jan Hendrik HOFMEYR

(1) He is married to Maria Magdalena Christina van RHYN.

They got married on April 18, 1877 at Kaapstad, he was 25 years old.Source 2

Die egpaar het 5 kindersSource 2

Child(ren):

  1. Marie Anna HOFMEYR  1878-1955
  4. Johanna Jacoba HOFMEYR  1883-1954 


(2) He is married to Fanny Margaret Caffyn.

They got married on September 3, 1885 at Kaapstad, he was 33 years old.Source 2

Die egpaar het 5 kindersSource 2

Child(ren):

  1. Johannes Jacob HOFMEYR  1886-1941 
  4. Jan Hendrik HOFMEYR  1889-1917
  5. Percy Reginald HOFMEYR  1892-1951 

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    Historical events

    Birthday March 20, 1852

    • The temperature on March 20, 1852 was about 10.7 °C. The atmospheric humidity was 41%. 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 Netherlands , there was from November 1, 1849 to April 19, 1853 the cabinet Thorbecke I, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1852: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 3.3 million citizens.
      • February 5 » The New Hermitage Museum in Saint Petersburg, Russia, one of the largest and oldest museums in the world, opens to the public.
      • March 1 » Archibald Montgomerie, 13th Earl of Eglinton, is appointed Lord Lieutenant of Ireland.
      • July 3 » Congress establishes the United States' 2nd mint in San Francisco.
      • September 24 » The first airship powered by (a steam) engine, created by Henri Giffard, travels 17 miles (27km) from Paris to Trappes.
      • November 16 » The English astronomer John Russell Hind discovers the asteroid 22 Kalliope.
      • December 2 » Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte becomes Emperor of the French as Napoleon III.

    Day of marriage September 3, 1885

    • The temperature on September 3, 1885 was about 19.4 °C. The air pressure was 3 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 74%. 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 April 23, 1884 to April 21, 1888 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1885: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
      • January 3 » Sino-French War: Beginning of the Battle of Núi Bop
      • February 23 » Sino-French War: French Army gains an important victory in the Battle of Đồng Đăng in the Tonkin region of Vietnam.
      • April 30 » Governor of New York David B. Hill signs legislation creating the Niagara Reservation, New York's first state park, ensuring that Niagara Falls will not be devoted solely to industrial and commercial use.
      • May 12 » North-West Rebellion: The four-day Battle of Batoche, pitting rebel Métis against the Canadian government, comes to an end with a decisive rebel defeat.
      • November 16 » Canadian rebel leader of the Métis and "Father of Manitoba" Louis Riel is executed for treason.
      • November 17 » Serbo-Bulgarian War: The decisive Battle of Slivnitsa begins.

    Day of death August 2, 1902

    • The temperature on August 2, 1902 was between 6.7 °C and 20.9 °C and averaged 13.5 °C. There was 7.2 hours of sunshine (47%). 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.
      • March 7 » Second Boer War: Boers, led by Koos de la Rey, inflict the biggest defeat upon the British since the beginning of the war, at Tweebosch.
      • March 18 » Macario Sakay issues Presidential Order No. 1 of his Tagalog Republic.
      • April 2 » Dmitry Sipyagin, Minister of Interior of the Russian Empire, is assassinated in the Marie Palace, Saint Petersburg.
      • April 18 » The 7.5 Mw  Guatemala earthquake shakes Guatemala with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe), killing between 800–2,000.
      • August 9 » Edward VII and Alexandra of Denmark are crowned King and Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
      • December 14 » The Commercial Pacific Cable Company lays the first Pacific telegraph cable, from San Francisco to Honolulu.
    

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