Familie uit het Westland » Maria Onderwater (1914-1919)

Christening day August 30, 1914

• The temperature on August 30, 1914 was between 10.8 °C and 26.5 °C and averaged 18.0 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 9.8 hours of sunshine (71%). The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-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 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 1914: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.2 million citizens.
  • April 9 » Mexican Revolution: One of the world's first naval/air skirmishes takes place off the coast of western Mexico.
  • August 5 » World War I: The German minelayer SSKönigin Luise lays a minefield about 40 miles (64km) off the Thames Estuary (Lowestoft). She is intercepted and sunk by the British light-cruiser HMSAmphion.
  • October 19 » First World War: The First Battle of Ypres begins.
  • November 1 » World War I: The first British Royal Navy defeat of the war with Germany, the Battle of Coronel, is fought off of the western coast of Chile, in the Pacific, with the loss of HMSGood Hope and HMSMonmouth.
  • November 26 » HMS Bulwark was destroyed by a large internal explosion with the loss of 741 men near Sheerness.
  • December 23 » World War I: Australian and New Zealand troops arrive in Cairo, Egypt.

Day of death September 3, 1919

• The temperature on September 3, 1919 was between 10.4 °C and 24.8 °C and averaged 17.5 °C. There was 9.8 hours of sunshine (72%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east. 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 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 1919: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.7 million citizens.
  • February 21 » German socialist Kurt Eisner is assassinated. His death results in the establishment of the Bavarian Soviet Republic and parliament and government fleeing Munich, Germany.
  • June 28 » The Treaty of Versailles is signed, ending the state of war between Germany and the Allies of World War I.
  • July 11 » The eight-hour day and free Sunday become law for workers in the Netherlands.
  • July 27 » The Chicago Race Riot erupts after a racial incident occurred on a South Side beach, leading to 38 fatalities and 537 injuries over a five-day period.
  • October 16 » Adolf Hitler delivers his first public address at a meeting of the German Workers' Party.
  • October 17 » RCA is incorporated as the Radio Corporation of America.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1906 » Mihály Kolossa, Hungarian author and poet (b. 1846)
• 1914 » Albéric Magnard, French composer and educator (b. 1865)
• 1929 » John Bigham, 1st Viscount Mersey, English jurist and politician (b. 1840)
• 1936 » Nikita Balieff, Armenian-Russian puppeteer and director (b. 1876)
• 1942 » Séraphine Louis, French painter (b. 1864)
• 1942 » Will James, Canadian-American author and illustrator (b. 1892)