The temperature on August 11, 1915 was between 11.9 °C and 21.9 °C and averaged 17.0 °C. There was 6.7 hours of sunshine (45%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. 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.
January 24 » World War I: British Grand Fleet battle cruisers under Vice-Admiral Sir David Beatty engage Rear-Admiral Franz von Hipper's battle cruisers in the Battle of Dogger Bank.
March 20 » Albert Einstein publishes his general theory of relativity.
April 25 » World War I: The Battle of Gallipoli begins: The invasion of the Turkish Gallipoli Peninsula by British, French, Indian, Newfoundland, Australian and New Zealand troops, begins with landings at Anzac Cove and Cape Helles.
May 23 » World War I: Italy joins the Allies, fulfilling its part of the Treaty of London.
July 28 » The United States begins a 19-year occupation of Haiti.
October 12 » World War I: British nurse Edith Cavell is executed by a German firing squad for helping Allied soldiers escape from Belgium
Day of death January 30, 1917
The temperature on January 30, 1917 was between -9.0 °C and -3.6 °C and averaged -5.4 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. 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.
January 17 » The United States pays Denmark $25 million for the Virgin Islands.
April 9 » World War I: The Battle of Arras: The battle begins with Canadian Corps executing a massive assault on Vimy Ridge.
May 21 » The Great Atlanta fire of 1917 causes $5.5million in damages, destroying some 300 acres including 2,000 homes, businesses and churches, displacing about 10,000 people but leading to only one fatality (due to heart attack).
July 27 » World War I: The Allies reach the Yser Canal at the Battle of Passchendaele.
July 31 » World War I: The Battle of Passchendaele begins near Ypres in West Flanders, Belgium.
August 18 » A Great Fire in Thessaloniki, Greece destroys 32% of the city leaving 70,000 individuals homeless.
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