Family tree of Spijk and her many ancestors » Dirk Willem de Wit (1914-)

Birthday January 22, 1914

• The temperature on January 22, 1914 was between -6.6 °C and -0.7 °C and averaged -2.6 °C. There was 0.7 hours of sunshine (8%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-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 1914: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.2 million citizens.
  • February 26 » HMHSBritannic, sister to the RMSTitanic, is launched at Harland and Wolff shipyard in Belfast.
  • June 12 » Massacre of Phocaea: Turkish irregulars slaughter 50 to 100 Greeks and expel thousands of others in an ethnic cleansing operation in the Ottoman Empire.
  • August 2 » The German occupation of Luxembourg during World War I begins.
  • September 3 » World War I: Start of the Battle of Grand Couronné, a German assault against French positions on high ground near the city of Nancy.
  • September 13 » World War I: The Battle of Aisne begins between Germany and France.
  • October 9 » World War I: The Siege of Antwerp comes to an end.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1913 » Carl F. H. Henry, American theologian and publisher († 2003)
• 1913 » Henry Bauchau, Belgian psychoanalyst and author († 2012)
• 1913 » William Conway, Irish cardinal († 1977)
• 1914 » Dimitris Dragatakis, Greek violinist and composer († 2001)
• 1915 » Heinrich Albertz, German theologian and politician, Mayor of Berlin († 1993)
• 1916 » Bill Durnan, Canadian ice hockey player and coach († 1972)