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Day of death January 28, 1917

• The temperature on January 28, 1917 was between -7.2 °C and -1.2 °C and averaged -4.9 °C. There was 6.9 hours of sunshine (78%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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 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 16 » Vladimir Lenin returns to Petrograd, Russia, from exile in Switzerland.
  • June 5 » World War I: Conscription begins in the United States as "Army registration day".
  • July 27 » World War I: The Allies reach the Yser Canal at the Battle of Passchendaele.
  • July 31 » World War I: The Battle of Passchendaele begins near Ypres in West Flanders, Belgium.
  • October 25 » Old Style date of the October Revolution in Russia.
  • October 31 » World War I: Battle of Beersheba: The "last successful cavalry charge in history".

Source: Wikipedia

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