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Day of death July 6, 1912

• The temperature on July 6, 1912 was between 11.0 °C and 23.3 °C and averaged 18.1 °C. There was 10.6 hours of sunshine (64%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east. 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 February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
• In the year 1912: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.0 million citizens.
  • January 4 » The Scout Association is incorporated throughout the British Empire by royal charter.
  • January 8 » The African National Congress is founded, under the name South African Native National Congress (SANNC).
  • February 29 » The Piedra Movediza (Moving Stone) of Tandil falls and breaks.
  • April 16 » Harriet Quimby becomes the first woman to fly an airplane across the English Channel.
  • October 8 » The First Balkan War begins when Montenegro declares war against the Ottoman Empire.
  • November 27 » Spain declares a protectorate over the north shore of Morocco.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1902 » Maria Goretti, Italian martyr and saint (b. 1890)
• 1904 » Abai Qunanbaiuly, Kazakh poet and philosopher (b. 1845)
• 1907 » August Johann Gottfried Bielenstein, German linguist and theologian (b. 1826)
• 1916 » Odilon Redon, French painter and illustrator (b. 1840)
• 1918 » Wilhelm von Mirbach, German diplomat (b. 1871)
• 1922 » Maria Teresia Ledóchowska, Polish-Austrian nun and missionary (b. 1863)