When Hermanus Johannes Schopberteld was born on 24 November 1898, in Oldenzaal, Overijssel, Netherlands, his father, Johannes Lodewicus Schopberteld, was 26 and his mother, Johanna Ophuis, was 21. He married Maria Tax on 25 August 1921, in Nijmegen, Gelderland, Netherlands. He died on 13 November 1962, in his hometown, at the age of 63.
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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.
WWI. Despite Dutch neutrality in World War I (1914-18), the Netherlands suffers from severe food shortages, triggering street riots.
Some characteristic forenames: German Egon, Erwin, Heida, Helmut, Horst, Otto.
North German: patronymic from Hermann .
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