Database Van Broekhoven » Wilhelmus Dollekens (1917-1917)
Personal data Wilhelmus Dollekens
- He was born on January 16, 1917 in Heusden, Noord-Brabant, Nederland.
- He died on August 11, 1917 in Heusden, Noord-Brabant, Nederland.
- A child of Johannes Gerardus Dollekens and Johanna Adriana Diependaal
- This information was last updated on February 25, 2017.
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Birthday January 16, 1917
- The temperature on January 16, 1917 was between -2.1 °C and -0.3 °C and averaged -0.9 °C. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. 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.
- January 19 » Silvertown explosion: A blast at a munitions factory in London kills 73 and injures over 400. The resulting fire causes over £2,000,000 worth of damage.
- March 8 » The United States Senate votes to limit filibusters by adopting the cloture rule.
- May 18 » World War I: The Selective Service Act of 1917 is passed, giving the President of the United States the power of conscription.
- June 26 » World War I: The American Expeditionary Forces begin to arrive in France. They will first enter combat four months later.
- July 12 » The Bisbee Deportation occurs as vigilantes kidnap and deport nearly 1,300 striking miners and others from Bisbee, Arizona.
- August 18 » A Great Fire in Thessaloniki, Greece destroys 32% of the city leaving 70,000 individuals homeless.
Day of death August 11, 1917
- The temperature on August 11, 1917 was between 11.1 °C and 21.6 °C and averaged 16.0 °C. There was 3.2 mm of rain. There was 2.1 hours of sunshine (14%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-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.
- May 18 » World War I: The Selective Service Act of 1917 is passed, giving the President of the United States the power of conscription.
- July 6 » World War I: Arabian troops led by T. E. Lawrence ("Lawrence of Arabia") and Auda ibu Tayi capture Aqaba from the Ottoman Empire during the Arab Revolt.
- September 14 » The Russian Empire is formally replaced by the Russian Republic.
- November 7 » The Gregorian calendar date of the October Revolution, which gets its name from the Julian calendar date of 25 October. On this date in 1917, the Bolsheviks storm the Winter Palace.
- November 26 » The Manchester Guardian publishes the 1916 secret Sykes-Picot Agreement between the United Kingdom and France.
- December 7 » World War I: The United States declares war on Austria-Hungary.
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