Genealogy Groeneveld » Fredrikus Johannes Hendrikus Huis in 't Veld (1912-)

Birthday January 7, 1912

• The temperature on January 7, 1912 was between -4.2 °C and 0.9 °C and averaged -0.7 °C. There was 6.6 mm of rain. There was 2.3 hours of sunshine (29%). 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 February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
• In the year 1912: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.0 million citizens.
  • January 5 » The 6th All-Russian Conference of the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (Prague Party Conference) opens. In the course of the conference, Vladimir Lenin and his supporters break from the rest of the party to form the Bolshevik movement.
  • April 14 » The British passenger liner RMSTitanic hits an iceberg in the North Atlantic at 23:40 (sinks morning of April 15th).
  • April 17 » Russian troops open fire on striking goldfield workers in northeast Siberia, killing at least 150.
  • May 4 » Italy occupies the Greek island of Rhodes.
  • May 8 » Paramount Pictures is founded.
  • October 24 » First Balkan War: The Battle of Kirk Kilisse concludes with a Bulgarian victory against the Ottoman Empire.

Source: Wikipedia

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