Eijsermans family tree » Petrus Wilhelmus Maria van Erven (1914-)

Birthday March 2, 1914

• The temperature on March 2, 1914 was between -1.3 °C and 7.2 °C and averaged 2.8 °C. There was 2.5 mm of rain. There was 2.3 hours of sunshine (21%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. 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 1914: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.2 million citizens.
  • July 28 » In the culmination of the July Crisis, Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia, igniting World War I.
  • August 14 » World War I: Start of the Battle of Lorraine, an unsuccessful French offensive designed to recover the lost province of Moselle from Germany.
  • September 3 » French composer Albéric Magnard is killed defending his estate against invading German soldiers.
  • September 13 » World War I: The Battle of Aisne begins between Germany and France.
  • November 1 » World War I: The Australian Imperial Force (AIF) departed by ship in a single convoy from Albany, Western Australia bound for Egypt.
  • November 23 » Mexican Revolution: The last of U.S. forces withdraw from Veracruz, occupied seven months earlier in response to the Tampico Affair.

Source: Wikipedia

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