Jannis family tree » Hubert Marius Pierre Verdonschot (1914-)

Birthday January 1, 1914

• The temperature on January 1, 1914 was between -4.8 °C and -1.3 °C and averaged -2.4 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. 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.
  • April 21 » Ypiranga incident: A German arms shipment to Mexico is intercepted by the U.S. Navy near Veracruz.
  • April 23 » First baseball game at Wrigley Field, then known as Weeghman Park, in Chicago.
  • August 6 » World War I: Serbia declares war on Germany; Austria declares war on Russia.
  • August 21 » World War I: The Battle of Charleroi, a successful German attack across the River Sambre that pre-empted a French offensive in the same area.
  • August 24 » World War I: German troops capture Namur.
  • September 13 » World War I: The Battle of Aisne begins between Germany and France.

Source: Wikipedia

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