Eijsermans family tree » Maria Anna Antonia Scheermakers (± 1864-1917)

Day of death August 14, 1917

• The temperature on August 14, 1917 was between 11.2 °C and 21.5 °C and averaged 15.9 °C. There was 19.6 mm of rain. There was 1.3 hours of sunshine (9%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. 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.
  • January 9 » World War I: The Battle of Rafa is fought near the Egyptian border with Palestine.
  • July 27 » World War I: The Allies reach the Yser Canal at the Battle of Passchendaele.
  • October 24 » First World War: Italy suffers a disastrous defeat on the Austro-Italian front.
  • October 31 » World War I: Battle of Beersheba: The "last successful cavalry charge in history".
  • November 7 » World War I: Third Battle of Gaza ends: British forces capture Gaza from the Ottoman Empire.
  • December 12 » Father Edward J. Flanagan founds Boys Town as a farm village for wayward boys.

Source: Wikipedia

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