Family tree Klavers » Jantje de Jonge (± 1909-1917)

Day of death September 11, 1917

• The temperature on September 11, 1917 was between 5.1 °C and 20.8 °C and averaged 13.4 °C. There was 11.0 hours of sunshine (85%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. 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 1917: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.5 million citizens.
  • January 31 » World War I: Germany announces that its U-boats will resume unrestricted submarine warfare after a two-year hiatus.
  • February 3 » First World War: The American entry into World War I begins when diplomatic relations with Germany are severed due to its unrestricted submarine warfare.
  • February 5 » The Congress of the United States passes the Immigration Act of 1917 over President Woodrow Wilson's veto.
  • February 23 » First demonstrations in Saint Petersburg, Russia. The beginning of the February Revolution (March 8 in the Gregorian calendar).
  • July 25 » Sir Robert Borden introduces the first income tax in Canada as a "temporary" measure (lowest bracket is 4% and highest is 25%).
  • December 7 » World War I: The United States declares war on Austria-Hungary.

Source: Wikipedia

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• 1915 » William Sprague IV, American businessman and politician, 27th Governor of Rhode Island (b. 1830)
• 1917 » Georges Guynemer, French captain and pilot (b. 1894)
• 1921 » Subramania Bharati, Indian journalist, poet, and activist (b. 1882)
• 1926 » Matsunosuke Onoe, Japanese actor and director (b. 1875)
• 1932 » Stanisław Wigura, Polish pilot and businessman, co-founded the RWD Company (b. 1901)