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.
The Netherlands had about 6.4 million citizens.
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Weather August 10, 1916
The temperature on August 10, 1916 was between 11.6 °C and 23.5 °C and averaged 17.4 °C. There was 9.0 hours of sunshine (60%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the ??.
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