Genealogy Hoppener/Hoeppener » Adolp[he Gaspar Keijbets (Keijbeck) (1850-1914)

Day of death June 21, 1914

• The temperature on June 21, 1914 was between 13.0 °C and 23.8 °C and averaged 17.3 °C. There was 1.0 mm of rain. There was 3.8 hours of sunshine (23%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-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 1914: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.2 million citizens.
  • August 12 » World War I: The United Kingdom declares war on Austria-Hungary; the countries of the British Empire follow suit.
  • August 24 » World War I: German troops capture Namur.
  • August 28 » World War I: German troops take the city of Namur in Belgium.
  • September 3 » French composer Albéric Magnard is killed defending his estate against invading German soldiers.
  • September 22 » A German submarine sinks three British cruisers over a seventy-minute period, killing almost 1500 sailors.
  • November 5 » World War I: France and the British Empire declare war on the Ottoman Empire.

Source: Wikipedia

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