Downs Tree » Mary E (Akin) Wilkinson (1835-1917)

Day of death April 7, 1917

• The temperature on April 7, 1917 was between -0.5 °C and 7.4 °C and averaged 2.7 °C. There was 2.6 mm of rain. There was 5.8 hours of sunshine (44%). 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.
  • March 2 » The enactment of the Jones–Shafroth Act grants Puerto Ricans United States citizenship.
  • May 21 » The Imperial War Graves Commission is established through royal charter to mark, record, and maintain the graves and places of commemoration of the British Empire's military forces.
  • July 27 » World War I: The Allies reach the Yser Canal at the Battle of Passchendaele.
  • August 28 » Ten Suffragettes are arrested while picketing the White House.
  • October 4 » World War I: The Battle of Broodseinde is fought between the British and German armies in Flanders.
  • December 11 » World War I: British General Edmund Allenby enters Jerusalem on foot and declares martial law.

Source: Wikipedia

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• 1920 » Karl Binding, German lawyer and jurist (b. 1841)
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