When Carolina Otte was born in 1897, in Hoorn, North Holland, Netherlands, her father, Nicolaas Ludovicus Otte, was 22 and her mother, Femmina Johanna Hoff, was 21. She married Piet van der Woude on 16 May 1919, in Hoorn, North Holland, Netherlands.
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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.
Amsterdam, Netherlands hosts Summer Olympic Games.
Some characteristic forenames: German Kurt, Erwin, Armin, Bernd, Dieter, Friedhelm, Gerhard, Hans, Heinz, Klaus, Siegfried, Wilhelm.
German, Danish, Dutch, Flemish and Walloon: from the personal name Otto .
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