When Adriana Ventevogel was born on 2 April 1898, in Arnemuiden, Zeeland, Netherlands, her father, Cornelis Ventevogel, was 21 and her mother, Tannetje Jobse, was 19. She married Boudewijn Grootjans on 5 May 1917, in Arnemuiden, Zeeland, Netherlands. She died on 26 August 1963, in Vlissingen, Zeeland, Netherlands, at the age of 65.
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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.
From Latin. See Adrian .
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