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Personal data Dirk Merkenij 


Household of Dirk Merkenij

He is married to Adriana Pieternella Delfgauw.

They got married on September 15, 1886 at Rotterdam, he was 45 years old.

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Day of death April 6, 1916

  • The temperature on April 6, 1916 was between 3.2 °C and 10.7 °C and averaged 7.0 °C. There was 2.4 hours of sunshine (18%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north. 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 1916: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 6.4 million citizens.
    • April 25 » Anzac Day is commemorated for the first time on the first anniversary of the landing at ANZAC Cove.
    • June 1 » Louis Brandeis becomes the first Jew appointed to the United States Supreme Court.
    • June 10 » The Arab Revolt against the Ottoman Empire was declared by Hussein bin Ali, Sharif of Mecca.
    • August 16 » The Migratory Bird Treaty between Canada and the United States is signed.
    • September 8 » In a bid to prove that women were capable of serving as military dispatch riders, Augusta and Adeline Van Buren arrive in Los Angeles, completing a 60-day, 5,500 mile cross-country trip on motorcycles.
    • November 13 » World War I: Prime Minister of Australia Billy Hughes is expelled from the Labor Party over his support for conscription.


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