Eijsermans family tree » Wilhelmus van Opstal (1915-)

Birthday January 15, 1915

• The temperature on January 15, 1915 was between 7.9 °C and 9.0 °C and averaged 8.6 °C. There was 5.1 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. 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.
  • March 20 » Albert Einstein publishes his general theory of relativity.
  • May 1 » The RMSLusitania departs from New York City on her 202nd, and final, crossing of the North Atlantic. Six days later, the ship is torpedoed off the coast of Ireland with the loss of 1,198 lives.
  • May 22 » Lassen Peak erupts with a powerful force, the only volcano besides Mount St. Helens to erupt in the contiguous U.S. during the 20th century.
  • June 5 » Denmark amends its constitution to allow women's suffrage.
  • July 28 » The United States begins a 19-year occupation of Haiti.
  • August 29 » US Navy salvage divers raise F-4, the first U.S. submarine sunk in an accident.

Source: Wikipedia

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• 1914 » Hugh Trevor-Roper, English historian and academic († 2003)
• 1914 » Stefan Bałuk, Polish general († 2014)