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Day of death January 9, 1916

• The temperature on January 9, 1916 was between 1.3 °C and 7.1 °C and averaged 3.7 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. There was 2.8 hours of sunshine (35%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. 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 1916: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.4 million citizens.
  • April 25 » Anzac Day is commemorated for the first time on the first anniversary of the landing at ANZAC Cove.
  • June 3 » The National Defense Act is signed into law, increasing the size of the United States National Guard by 450,000 men.
  • September 7 » US federal employees win the right to Workers' compensation by Federal Employers Liability Act (39 Stat. 742; 5 U.S.C. 751)
  • September 11 » The Quebec Bridge's central span collapses, killing 11 men. The bridge previously collapsed completely on August 29, 1907.
  • September 15 » World War I: Tanks are used for the first time in battle, at the Battle of the Somme.
  • September 27 » Iyasu V is proclaimed deposed as ruler of Ethiopia in a palace coup in favor of his aunt Zewditu.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1908 » Wilhelm Busch, German poet, illustrator, and painter (b. 1832)
• 1911 » Edvard Rusjan, Italian-Slovene pilot and engineer (b. 1886)
• 1911 » Edwin Arthur Jones, American violinist and composer (b. 1853)
• 1917 » Luther D. Bradley, American cartoonist (b. 1853)
• 1918 » Charles-Émile Reynaud, French scientist and educator, invented the Praxinoscope (b. 1844)
• 1923 » Katherine Mansfield, New Zealand novelist, short story writer, and essayist (b. 1888)