The temperature on June 16, 1914 was between 11.5 °C and 19.2 °C and averaged 14.5 °C. There was 5.2 hours of sunshine (31%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north. Source: KNMI
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.
June 28 » Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and his wife Sophie are assassinated in Sarajevo; this is the casus belli of World War I.
August 23 » World War I: The British Expeditionary Force and the French Fifth Army begin their Great Retreat before the German Army.
September 11 » World War I: Australia invades German New Guinea, defeating a German contingent at the Battle of Bita Paka.
October 18 » The Schoenstatt Movement is founded in Germany.
November 5 » World War I: France and the British Empire declare war on the Ottoman Empire.
December 25 » A series of unofficial truces occur across the Western Front to celebrate Christmas.
Day of death July 15, 1914
The temperature on July 15, 1914 was between 14.2 °C and 27.0 °C and averaged 18.8 °C. There was 2.7 mm of rain. There was 5.6 hours of sunshine (34%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
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.
August 14 » World War I: Start of the Battle of Lorraine, an unsuccessful French offensive designed to recover the lost province of Moselle from Germany.
August 15 » The Panama Canal opens to traffic with the transit of the cargo ship SSAncon.
August 24 » World War I: German troops capture Namur.
September 11 » World War I: Australia invades German New Guinea, defeating a German contingent at the Battle of Bita Paka.
October 18 » The Schoenstatt Movement is founded in Germany.
November 1 » World War I: The first British Royal Navy defeat of the war with Germany, the Battle of Coronel, is fought off of the western coast of Chile, in the Pacific, with the loss of HMSGood Hope and HMSMonmouth.
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