The temperature on February 8, 1936 was between -6 °C and 3.6 °C and averaged -1.5 °C. There was 8.6 hours of sunshine (91%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. Source: KNMI
February 10 » Second Italo-Abyssinian War: Italian troops launched the Battle of Amba Aradam against Ethiopian defenders.
July 18 » On the Spanish mainland, a faction of the army supported by fascists, rises up against the Second Spanish Republic in a coup d'état starting the 3-year-long Civil War, resulting in the longest dictatorship in modern European history.
July 21 » Spanish Civil War: The Central Committee of Antifascist Militias of Catalonia is constituted, establishing an anarcho-syndicalist economy in Catalonia.
July 22 » Spanish Civil War: The Popular Executive Committee of Valencia takes power in the Valencian Community.
September 9 » The crews of Portuguese Navy frigate NRPAfonso de Albuquerque and destroyer Dão mutinied against the Salazar dictatorship's support of General Franco's coup and declared their solidarity with the Spanish Republic.
November 30 » In London, the Crystal Palace is destroyed by fire.
When copying data from this family tree, please include a reference to the origin: P.H. Sleutelberg, "Family tree Sleutelberg-Vettewinkel", database, Genealogy Online (https://www.genealogieonline.nl/stamboom-sleutelberg-vettewinkel/I500653.php : accessed June 22, 2024), "Herman Meeles (1872-1936)".
Copy warning
Genealogical publications are copyright protected. Although data is often retrieved from public archives, the searching, interpreting, collecting, selecting and sorting of the data results in a unique product. Copyright protected work may not simply be copied or republished.
Please stick to the following rules
Request permission to copy data or at least inform the author, chances are that the author gives permission, often the contact also leads to more exchange of data.
Do not use this data until you have checked it, preferably at the source (the archives).
State from whom you have copied the data and ideally also his/her original source.