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Christening day January 18, 1916

• The temperature on January 18, 1916 was between 6.2 °C and 8.9 °C and averaged 7.9 °C. There was 7.3 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. 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 1916: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.4 million citizens.
  • February 25 » In the Battle of Verdun, a German unit captures Fort Douaumont, keystone of the French defences, without a fight.
  • March 15 » United States President Woodrow Wilson sends 4,800 United States troops over the U.S.–Mexico border to pursue Pancho Villa.
  • April 24 » Easter Rising: Irish rebels, led by Patrick Pearse and James Connolly, launch an uprising in Dublin against British rule and proclaim an Irish Republic.
  • May 6 » Vietnamese Emperor Duy Tân is captured while calling upon the people to rise up against the French, and is later deposed and exiled to Réunion island.
  • June 24 » Mary Pickford becomes the first female film star to sign a million-dollar contract.
  • September 3 » World War I: Leefe Robinson destroys the German airship Schütte-Lanz SL 11 over Cuffley, north of London; the first German airship to be shot down on British soil.

Day of marriage September 20, 1607

• Stadhouder Prins Maurits (Huis van Oranje) was from 1585 till 1625 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
• In the year 1607: Source: Wikipedia
  • January 19 » San Agustin Church in Manila is officially completed; it is the oldest church still standing in the Philippines.
  • February 24 » L'Orfeo by Claudio Monteverdi, one of the first works recognized as an opera, receives its première performance.
  • April 26 » English colonists make landfall at Cape Henry, Virginia.
  • May 14 » Jamestown, Virginia is settled as an English colony.
  • September 14 » Flight of the Earls from Lough Swilly, Donegal, Ireland.
  • October 5 » Assassins sent by the Pope attempt to kill Venetian statesman and scientist Paolo Sarpi.

Day of death April 18, 1648

• Stadhouder Prins Willem II (Huis van Oranje) was from 1647 till 1650 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
• In the year 1648: Source: Wikipedia
  • January 30 » Eighty Years' War: The Treaty of Münster and Osnabrück is signed, ending the conflict between the Netherlands and Spain.
  • May 15 » The Peace of Münster is ratified, by which Spain acknowledges Dutch sovereignty.
  • June 1 » The Roundheads defeat the Cavaliers at the Battle of Maidstone in the Second English Civil War.
  • August 20 » Battle of Lens: French Duc d'Enghien defeats Spaniards
  • October 18 » Boston Shoemakers form first American labor organization.
  • October 24 » The Peace of Westphalia is signed, marking the end of the Thirty Years' War.

Source: Wikipedia

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