Eijsermans family tree » Aloisius Verhulst (-1914)

Day of death May 8, 1914

• The temperature on May 8, 1914 was between 6.9 °C and 13.9 °C and averaged 11.2 °C. There was 1.7 mm of rain. There was 8.6 hours of sunshine (56%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) 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 1914: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.2 million citizens.
  • August 23 » World War I: Japan declares war on Germany.
  • August 24 » World War I: German troops capture Namur.
  • August 30 » World War I: Germans defeat the Russians in the Battle of Tannenberg.
  • September 1 » The last known passenger pigeon, a female named Martha, dies in captivity in the Cincinnati Zoo.
  • September 3 » French composer Albéric Magnard is killed defending his estate against invading German soldiers.
  • October 18 » The Schoenstatt Movement is founded in Germany.

Source: Wikipedia

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