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.
The Netherlands had about 6.4 million citizens.
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Weather March 18, 1916
The temperature on March 18, 1916 was between 2.8 °C and 17.7 °C and averaged 11.2 °C. There was 7.4 hours of sunshine (62%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-southeast.
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