Het Grote Driessen Boek » Nn. Driessen (1917-1917)

Birthday January 22, 1917

• The temperature on January 22, 1917 was between -9.5 °C and -2.2 °C and averaged -6.7 °C. There was 7.1 hours of sunshine (83%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east. 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 1917: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.5 million citizens.
  • April 2 » World War I: United States President Woodrow Wilson asks the U.S. Congress for a declaration of war on Germany.
  • April 9 » World War I: The Battle of Arras: The battle begins with Canadian Corps executing a massive assault on Vimy Ridge.
  • July 31 » World War I: The Battle of Passchendaele begins near Ypres in West Flanders, Belgium.
  • November 5 » Tikhon is elected the Patriarch of Moscow and of the Russian Orthodox Church.
  • November 28 » The Estonian Provincial Assembly declares itself the sovereign power of Estonia.
  • December 11 » World War I: British General Edmund Allenby enters Jerusalem on foot and declares martial law.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1915 » Heinrich Albertz, German theologian and politician, Mayor of Berlin († 1993)
• 1916 » Bill Durnan, Canadian ice hockey player and coach († 1972)
• 1916 » Harilal Upadhyay, Indian author, poet, and astrologist († 1994)
• 1916 » Henri Dutilleux, French pianist, composer, and educator († 2013)
• 1918 » Elmer Lach, Canadian ice hockey player and coach († 2015)
• 1919 » Diomedes Olivo, Dominican baseball player and scout († 1977)