Family tree Van der Scheer » Johanna Gerritdina Beumer (1891-????)

Day of marriage June 21, 1919

• The temperature on June 21, 1919 was between 10.0 °C and 16.5 °C and averaged 13.9 °C. There was 2.9 mm of rain. There was 4.4 hours of sunshine (26%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. 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 September 9, 1918 to September 18, 1922 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck I, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1919: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.7 million citizens.
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