When Hendrik Kragt was born on 11 July 1894, in Zwolle, Overijssel, Netherlands, his father, Geert Kragt, was 30 and his mother, Hendrika van Dijk, was 23. He married Engelberta Albrecht on 15 August 1922, in Zwolle, Overijssel, Netherlands. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He died on 3 November 1944, in Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands, at the age of 50.
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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.
Dutch: variant of Kracht .
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