Genealogy Krook » Marinus Tobertus te Winkel (1917-)

Birthday February 7, 1917

• The temperature on February 7, 1917 was between -10.7 °C and 0.8 °C and averaged -5.7 °C. There was 6.2 hours of sunshine (66%). The average windspeed was 3 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.
  • January 19 » Silvertown explosion: A blast at a munitions factory in London kills 73 and injures over 400. The resulting fire causes over £2,000,000 worth of damage.
  • February 23 » First demonstrations in Saint Petersburg, Russia. The beginning of the February Revolution (March 8 in the Gregorian calendar).
  • June 5 » World War I: Conscription begins in the United States as "Army registration day".
  • July 27 » World War I: The Allies reach the Yser Canal at the Battle of Passchendaele.
  • October 26 » First World War: Brazil declares war on the Central Powers.
  • December 15 » World War I: An armistice between Russia and the Central Powers is signed.

Source: Wikipedia

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