Eijsermans family tree » Catharina Allegonda Waale (1914-)

Birthday January 2, 1914

• The temperature on January 2, 1914 was between -1.5 °C and 5.6 °C and averaged 1.1 °C. There was 0.9 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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 1914: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.2 million citizens.
  • August 5 » World War I: The German minelayer SSKönigin Luise lays a minefield about 40 miles (64km) off the Thames Estuary (Lowestoft). She is intercepted and sunk by the British light-cruiser HMSAmphion.
  • August 28 » World War I: The Royal Navy defeats the German fleet in the Battle of Heligoland Bight.
  • October 27 » First World War: The new British battleship HMS Audacious is sunk by a minefield laid by the armed German merchant-cruiser Berlin.
  • November 15 » Harry Turner becomes the first player to die from game-related injuries in the "Ohio League", the direct predecessor to the National Football League.
  • November 26 » HMS Bulwark was destroyed by a large internal explosion with the loss of 741 men near Sheerness.
  • November 28 » World War I: Following a war-induced closure in July, the New York Stock Exchange re-opens for bond trading.

Source: Wikipedia

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