When Kornelis Sipkes was born on 24 October 1894, in Zwolle, Overijssel, Netherlands, his father, Leendert Sipkes, was 34 and his mother, Anna Scheepvaart, was 36. He married Cornelia Gesina Meijlink on 4 August 1920, in Zutphen, Gelderland, Netherlands. He registered for military service in 1913. He died in September 1952, in Zutphen, Gelderland, Netherlands, at the age of 57.
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The Hague Peace Convention was a series conferences that produced treaties and declarations. The convention took place in Hague, Netherlands. The conferences were among the first formal statements of the laws of war and war crimes in secular international law.
Two skeletons were found next to each other in Drenthe, Netherlands. The skeletons were dated back to between 160 BC and 220 AD. One of the skeletons was thought to be a female and the other a male so scientists called them the Weerdinge couple or Mr. and Mrs. Veenstra. It was determined that both skeletons were men and the name was changed to Weerdinge Men.
During WWI, the Netherlands declared that they were neutral and stayed so during the war.
English (Middlesex): variant of Spike , with post-medieval excrescent -s.
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