Stambomen van Weeghel en Veneman » Gerrit Jan van der Worp (1914-)

Birthday March 20, 1914

• The temperature on March 20, 1914 was between 2.1 °C and 10.4 °C and averaged 5.9 °C. There was 9.3 mm of rain. There was 0.7 hours of sunshine (6%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. 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 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.
• In the year 1914: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.2 million citizens.
  • August 5 » World War I: The guns of Point Nepean fort at Port Phillip Heads in Victoria (Australia) fire across the bows of the Norddeutscher Lloyd steamer SSPfalz which is attempting to leave the Port of Melbourne in ignorance of the declaration of war and she is detained; this is said to be the first Allied shot of the War.
  • August 9 » Start of the Battle of Mulhouse, part of a French attempt to recover the province of Alsace and the first French offensive of World War I.
  • September 5 » World War I: First Battle of the Marne begins. Northeast of Paris, the French attack and defeat German forces who are advancing on the capital.
  • 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.
  • November 16 » The Federal Reserve Bank of the United States officially opens.
  • December 23 » World War I: Australian and New Zealand troops arrive in Cairo, Egypt.

Source: Wikipedia

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