Genealogy Van Raam » David Henriques van der Klei (± 1889-????)

Day of marriage February 16, 1916

• The temperature on February 16, 1916 was between 2.6 °C and 11.1 °C and averaged 7.4 °C. There was 4.9 mm of rain. There was 1.1 hours of sunshine (11%). The average windspeed was 6 Bft (strong 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 1916: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.4 million citizens.
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