Family tree Diverse » Adriaan Dronkers (1917-2013)
Personal data Adriaan Dronkers
- He was born on October 30, 1917 in Vlissingen, Zeeland, Netherlands.
- He died on May 30, 2013 in Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands, he was 95 years old.
- A child of Andries Dronkers and Willemina Huiszoon
- This information was last updated on November 11, 2021.
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Birthday October 30, 1917
- The temperature on October 30, 1917 was between 1.2 °C and 9.0 °C and averaged 5.4 °C. There was 1.0 mm of rain. There was 4.2 hours of sunshine (43%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south. 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 16 » World War I: A German auxiliary cruiser is sunk in the Action of 16 March 1917.
- April 6 » World War I: The United States declares war on Germany (see President Woodrow Wilson's address to Congress).
- May 21 » The Great Atlanta fire of 1917 causes $5.5million in damages, destroying some 300 acres including 2,000 homes, businesses and churches, displacing about 10,000 people but leading to only one fatality (due to heart attack).
- October 25 » Old Style date of the October Revolution in Russia.
- November 7 » World War I: Third Battle of Gaza ends: British forces capture Gaza from the Ottoman Empire.
- December 9 » World War I: Field Marshal Allenby captures Jerusalem, Palestine.
Day of death May 30, 2013
- The temperature on May 30, 2013 was between 10.6 °C and 16.8 °C and averaged 13.1 °C. There was 1.7 hours of sunshine (10%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east. Source: KNMI
- Koningin Beatrix (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from April 30, 1980 till April 30, 2013 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
- In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, November 5, 2012 to Thursday, October 26, 2017 the cabinet Rutte II, with Mark Rutte (VVD) as prime minister.
- In the year 2013: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 16.8 million citizens.
- April 23 » At least 28 people are killed and more than 70 are injured as violence breaks out in Hawija, Iraq.
- May 25 » A gas cylinder explodes on a school bus in the Pakistani city of Gujrat, killing at least 18 people.
- June 3 » At least 119 people are killed in a fire at a poultry farm in Jilin Province in northeastern China.
- September 21 » Al-Shabaab Islamic militants attack the Westgate shopping mall in Kenya, killing at least 67 people.
- September 29 » Over 42 people are killed by members of Boko Haram at the College of Agriculture in Nigeria.
- December 14 » A reported coup attempt in South Sudan leads to continued fighting and hundreds of casualties.
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