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Ancestors (and descendant) of Petrus Wilhelmus Geeven

Peter Geeven
1855-1933
Francisca van der Putten
1852-1920
Wilhelmus van Hoof
1871-1923
Barbara Weijts
1875-1965

Petrus Wilhelmus Geeven
1917-1918


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Historical events

Birthday December 17, 1917

  • The temperature on December 17, 1917 was between -1.4 °C and 1.7 °C and averaged 0.1 °C. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (3%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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.
    • February 24 » World War I: The U.S. ambassador Walter Hines Page to the United Kingdom is given the Zimmermann Telegram, in which Germany pledges to ensure the return of New Mexico, Texas, and Arizona to Mexico if Mexico declares war on the United States.
    • March 25 » The Georgian Orthodox Church restores its autocephaly abolished by Imperial Russia in 1811.
    • April 16 » Vladimir Lenin returns to Petrograd, Russia, from exile in Switzerland.
    • June 7 » World War I: Battle of Messines: Allied soldiers detonate a series of mines underneath German trenches at Messines Ridge, killing 10,000 German troops.
    • June 23 » In a game against the Washington Senators, Boston Red Sox pitcher Ernie Shore retires 26 batters in a row after replacing Babe Ruth, who had been ejected for punching the umpire.
    • July 28 » The Silent Parade took place in New York City, in protest to murders, lynchings, and other violence directed towards African Americans.

Day of death March 5, 1918

  • The temperature on March 5, 1918 was between 0.2 °C and 9.9 °C and averaged 5.0 °C. There was 8.6 hours of sunshine (77%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. 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 Netherlands , there was from September 9, 1918 to September 18, 1922 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck I, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1918: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 6.6 million citizens.
    • February 6 » British women over the age of 30 who meet minimum property qualifications, get the right to vote when Representation of the People Act 1918 is passed by Parliament.
    • March 12 » Moscow becomes the capital of Russia again after Saint Petersburg held this status for most of the period since 1713.
    • June 22 » The Hammond Circus Train Wreck kills 86 and injures 127 near Hammond, Indiana.
    • August 13 » Women enlist in the United States Marine Corps for the first time. Opha May Johnson is the first woman to enlist.
    • October 4 » World War I: An explosion kills more than 100 people and destroys a Shell Loading Plant in New Jersey.
    • October 30 » World War I: The Ottoman Empire signs the Armistice of Mudros with the Allies.


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