The temperature on August 10, 1917 was between 11.6 °C and 18.6 °C and averaged 15.1 °C. There was 1.9 mm of rain. There was 3.6 hours of sunshine (24%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. 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.
March 8 » International Women's Day protests in St. Petersburg mark the beginning of the February Revolution (February 23rd in the Julian calendar).
March 26 » World War I: First Battle of Gaza: British troops are halted after 17,000 Turks block their advance.
May 13 » Three children report the first apparition of Our Lady of Fátima in Fátima, Portugal.
November 26 » The Manchester Guardian publishes the 1916 secret Sykes-Picot Agreement between the United Kingdom and France.
December 6 » Finland declares independence from Soviet Russia.
December 15 » World War I: An armistice between Russia and the Central Powers is signed.
Day of death July 22, 1918
The temperature on July 22, 1918 was between 12.9 °C and 20.3 °C and averaged 16.4 °C. There was 4.4 hours of sunshine (27%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. 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.
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.
January 9 » Battle of Bear Valley: The last battle of the American Indian Wars.
February 5 » SSTuscania is torpedoed off the coast of Ireland; it is the first ship carrying American troops to Europe to be torpedoed and sunk.
April 23 » World War I: The British Royal Navy makes a raid in an attempt to neutralise the Belgian port of Bruges-Zeebrugge.
August 8 » World War I: The Battle of Amiens begins a string of almost continuous Allied victories with a push through the German front lines (Hundred Days Offensive).
August 11 » World War I: The Battle of Amiens ends.
December 27 » The Great Poland Uprising against the Germans begins.
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