Family tree De Backer - Evers » Jacobus Albertus Christianus Krawinckel (< 1917-1917)

Day of death December 11, 1917

• The temperature on December 11, 1917 was between -1.7 °C and 4.7 °C and averaged 1.2 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 1.8 hours of sunshine (23%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) 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.
  • March 4 » Jeannette Rankin of Montana becomes the first female member of the United States House of Representatives.
  • May 27 » Pope Benedict XV promulgates the 1917 Code of Canon Law, the first comprehensive codification of Catholic canon law in the legal history of the Catholic Church.
  • July 27 » World War I: The Allies reach the Yser Canal at the Battle of Passchendaele.
  • October 24 » First World War: Italy suffers a disastrous defeat on the Austro-Italian front.
  • November 5 » October Revolution: Lenin calls for the October Revolution.
  • December 12 » Father Edward J. Flanagan founds Boys Town as a farm village for wayward boys.

Source: Wikipedia

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