The temperature on December 28, 1914 was between 3.3 °C and 10.9 °C and averaged 7.2 °C. There was 10.5 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south. 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.
May 17 » The Protocol of Corfu is signed, recognising full autonomy to Northern Epirus under nominal Albanian sovereignty.
May 29 » The Ocean liner RMSEmpress of Ireland sinks in the Gulf of Saint Lawrence with the loss of 1,012 lives.
August 1 » The German Empire declares war on the Russian Empire at the opening of World War I. The Swiss Army mobilizes because of World War I.
August 28 » World War I: The Royal Navy defeats the German fleet in the Battle of Heligoland Bight.
August 30 » World War I: Germans defeat the Russians in the Battle of Tannenberg.
November 9 » SMSEmden is sunk by HMASSydney in the Battle of Cocos.
Day of death December 31, 1914
The temperature on December 31, 1914 was between 0.5 °C and 3.7 °C and averaged 2.2 °C. There was 1.5 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. 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 1 » The SPT Airboat Line becomes the world's first scheduled airline to use a winged aircraft.
March 8 » First flights (for the Royal Thai Air Force) at Don Mueang International Airport in Bangkok.
July 11 » Babe Ruth makes his debut in Major League Baseball.
August 1 » The German Empire declares war on the Russian Empire at the opening of World War I. The Swiss Army mobilizes because of World War I.
August 28 » World War I: German troops take the city of Namur in Belgium.
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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