Family tree Eric Esterhuizen » Jan Hendrik HOFMEYR (1889-1917)
Personal data Jan Hendrik HOFMEYR
Source 1Source 2- He was born on December 18, 1889 in Kaapstad.Source 2
- He died on October 27, 1917 in Frankryk, he was 27 years old.Source 2
- A child of Jan Hendrik HOFMEYR and Fanny Margaret Caffyn
- This information was last updated on August 22, 2010.
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Birthday December 18, 1889
- The temperature on December 18, 1889 was about 2.9 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 12 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 100%. 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 21, 1888 to August 21, 1891 the cabinet Mackay, with Mr. A. baron Mackay (AR) as prime minister.
- In the year 1889: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
- February 9 » US president Grover Cleveland signs a bill elevating the United States Department of Agriculture to a Cabinet-level agency.
- June 3 » The first long-distance electric power transmission line in the United States is completed, running 14 miles (23km) between a generator at Willamette Falls and downtown Portland, Oregon.
- August 13 » William Gray of Hartford, Connecticut is granted United States Patent Number 408,709 for "Coin-controlled apparatus for telephones."
- September 28 » The General Conference on Weights and Measures (CGPM) defines the length of a meter.
- October 24 » Henry Parkes delivers the Tenterfield Oration, effectively starting the federation process in Australia.
- November 2 » North Dakota and South Dakota are admitted as the 39th and 40th U.S. states.
Day of death October 27, 1917
- The temperature on October 27, 1917 was between 0.4 °C and 9.8 °C and averaged 5.1 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. There was 5.5 hours of sunshine (55%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. 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 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
- In the year 1917: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 6.5 million citizens.
- February 5 » The current constitution of Mexico is adopted, establishing a federal republic with powers separated into independent executive, legislative, and judicial branches.
- April 6 » World War I: The United States declares war on Germany (see President Woodrow Wilson's address to Congress).
- April 16 » Vladimir Lenin returns to Petrograd, Russia, from exile in Switzerland.
- May 27 » Pope Benedict XV promulgates the 1917 Code of Canon Law, the first comprehensive codification of Catholic canon law in the legal history of the Catholic Church.
- July 27 » World War I: The Allies reach the Yser Canal at the Battle of Passchendaele.
- November 20 » World War I: Battle of Cambrai begins: British forces make early progress in an attack on German positions but are later pushed back.
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