Family tree Welling » Maria Wijtske Johanna Hijacintha Graansma (1890-????)

Day of marriage July 16, 1914

• The temperature on July 16, 1914 was between 11.1 °C and 20.9 °C and averaged 16.3 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain. There was 7.7 hours of sunshine (47%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. 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.
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