Genealogy Van Eck op Goeree Overflakkee » kind van Jacob BARENDREGT (1914-)

Birthday March 21, 1914

• The temperature on March 21, 1914 was between 1.7 °C and 8.7 °C and averaged 4.9 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain. There was 3.6 hours of sunshine (30%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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.
  • June 23 » Mexican Revolution: Pancho Villa takes Zacatecas from Victoriano Huerta.
  • August 24 » World War I: German troops capture Namur.
  • September 16 » World War I: The Siege of Przemyśl (present-day Poland) begins.
  • November 7 » The German colony of Kiaochow Bay and its centre at Tsingtao are captured by Japanese forces.
  • December 23 » World War I: Australian and New Zealand troops arrive in Cairo, Egypt.
  • December 25 » A series of unofficial truces occur across the Western Front to celebrate Christmas.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1912 » André Laurendeau, Canadian journalist, playwright, and politician († 1968)
• 1913 » George Abecassis, English race car driver and pilot († 1991)
• 1913 » Guillermo Haro, Mexican astronomer († 1988)
• 1914 » Paul Tortelier, French cellist and composer († 1990)
• 1916 » Bismillah Khan, Indian shehnai player († 2006)
• 1916 » Ken Wharton, English race car driver († 1957)