Genealogy Waardenburg » Sietze Pal (1914-)

Birthday February 19, 1914

• The temperature on February 19, 1914 was between 0.6 °C and 5.8 °C and averaged 3.6 °C. There was 3.4 mm of rain. There was 3.2 hours of sunshine (31%). 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.
  • August 5 » World War I: The German minelayer SSKönigin Luise lays a minefield about 40 miles (64km) off the Thames Estuary (Lowestoft). She is intercepted and sunk by the British light-cruiser HMSAmphion.
  • August 15 » World War I: The First Russian Army, led by Paul von Rennenkampf, enters East Prussia.
  • August 24 » World War I: German troops capture Namur.
  • September 14 » HMASAE1, the Royal Australian Navy's first submarine, was lost at sea with all hands near East New Britain, Papua New Guinea.
  • November 1 » World War I: The first British Royal Navy defeat of the war with Germany, the Battle of Coronel, is fought off of the western coast of Chile, in the Pacific, with the loss of HMSGood Hope and HMSMonmouth.
  • November 5 » World War I: France and the British Empire declare war on the Ottoman Empire.

Source: Wikipedia

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• 1912 » Saul Chaplin, American composer († 1997)
• 1913 » Frank Tashlin, American animator and screenwriter († 1972)
• 1913 » Prince Pedro Gastão of Orléans-Braganza († 2007)
• 1914 » Thelma Kench, New Zealand Olympic sprinter († 1985)
• 1915 » John Freeman, English lawyer, politician, and diplomat, British Ambassador to the United States († 2014)