Eijsermans family tree » Petronella Cornelia Jacobs (1915-> 2010)

Birthday August 25, 1915

• The temperature on August 25, 1915 was between 8.0 °C and 21.3 °C and averaged 14.5 °C. There was 9.9 hours of sunshine (70%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. 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 1915: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.3 million citizens.
  • January 12 » The United States House of Representatives rejects a proposal to require states to give women the right to vote.
  • January 18 » Japan issues the "Twenty-One Demands" to the Republic of China in a bid to increase its power in East Asia.
  • May 17 » The last British Liberal Party government (led by H. H. Asquith) falls.
  • June 21 » The U.S. Supreme Court hands down its decision in Guinn v. United States 238 US 347 1915, striking down Oklahoma grandfather clause legislation which had the effect of denying the right to vote to blacks.
  • July 7 » The First Battle of the Isonzo comes to an end.
  • October 13 » First World War: The Battle of the Hohenzollern Redoubt marks the end of the Battle of Loos.

Source: Wikipedia

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• 1917 » Mel Ferrer, American actor, director, and producer († 2008)