Historical Context:

1. -1906: Great Earthquake of San Francisco
   

2. -1912: The Titanic sinks after hitting an iceberg in the North Atlantic
   

3. -1914: Germany declares war on France. World War I begins and Netherlands remains neutral.
   

4. -1917: Russian Revolution
   

5. -1918 (to 1920): “Spanish flu” (influenza) sweeps the world killing between 50 and 100 million people.
   

6. -1921/22: Noordwijk Vuurtoren is constructed
   

7. -1932: Zuider Zee Project commences
   

8. -1933: Hitler appointed a Chancellor of Germany
   

9. -1939: Dutch government opens Westerbork as a refugee camp
   

10. -1939 September: Nazi Germany invades Poland and World War II commences.
    

    Netherlands declares neutrality: WWII

    England and Canada declare war on Nazi Germany

1. -1940 May:
   

    Germany invades Netherlands

    Germany severely bombs Rotterdam

    Netherlands surrenders and becomes occupied territory

   Queen Wilhelmina evacuates to England establishes government in exile

- 1940: Princess Juliana in exile in Ottawa

Johannes Cornelis  Plug

Born: 29 June 1905

- Noordwijk aan Zee, Zuid Holland, NETHERLANDS

Married: Irene Blass-Plug,  1930

1. -Berlin, Germany
   

Children:

No children

 

Died: 3 July 1940

1. -'s-Hertogenbosch Nord Brabant, NETHERLANDS
   

Occupation:

1. -Traded in Tulip Bulbs; Internationally through Central Europe (Germany, Austria etc.)
   

Parents:

- Willem Plug (b.1865 d.1944)

1. -Jacoba Barnhoorn (b.1867 d.1944)