Dreyer Tree » Lucas Engenardus Dreyer (1898-1912)

Day of death August 28, 1912

• The temperature on August 28, 1912 was between 7.7 °C and 16.7 °C and averaged 12.5 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. There was 5.6 hours of sunshine (40%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. 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 February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
• In the year 1912: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.0 million citizens.
  • April 18 » The Cunard liner RMSCarpathia brings 705 survivors from the RMSTitanic to New York City.
  • May 5 » Pravda, the "voice" of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, begins publication in Saint Petersburg.
  • September 28 » Corporal Frank S. Scott of the United States Army becomes the first enlisted man to die in an airplane crash.
  • October 3 » U.S. forces defeat Nicaraguan rebels at the Battle of Coyotepe Hill.
  • October 18 » First Balkan War: King Peter I of Serbia issues a declaration "To the Serbian People", as his country joins the war.
  • November 2 » Bulgaria defeats the Ottoman Empire in the Battle of Lule Burgas, the bloodiest battle of the First Balkan War, which opens her way to Constantinople.

Source: Wikipedia

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