Genealogy Hensen » Bernardus ? Heuving (1900-)

Birthday April 27, 1900

• The temperature on April 27, 1900 was about 10.2 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 60%. Source: KNMI
• Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from July 27, 1897 to August 1, 1901 the cabinet Pierson, with Mr. N.G. Pierson (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
• In the year 1900: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
  • January 6 » Second Boer War: Having already besieged the fortress at Ladysmith, Boer forces attack it, but are driven back by British defenders.
  • May 23 » American Civil War: Sergeant William Harvey Carney is awarded the Medal of Honor for his heroism in the Assault on the Battery Wagner in 1863.
  • June 21 » Boxer Rebellion. China formally declares war on the United States, Britain, Germany, France and Japan, as an edict issued from the Empress Dowager Cixi.
  • August 14 » The Eight-Nation Alliance occupies Beijing, China, in a campaign to end the bloody Boxer Rebellion in China.
  • November 7 » The People's Party is founded in Cuba.
  • December 19 » Hopetoun Blunder: The first Governor-General of Australia John Hope, 7th Earl of Hopetoun, appoints Sir William Lyne premier of the new state of New South Wales, but he is unable to persuade other colonial politicians to join his government and is forced to resign.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1896 » Rogers Hornsby, American baseball player, coach, and manager († 1963)
• 1896 » William Hudson, New Zealand-Australian engineer († 1978)
• 1898 » Ludwig Bemelmans, Italian-American author and illustrator († 1962)
• 1899 » Walter Lantz, American animator, producer, screenwriter, and actor († 1994)
• 1900 » August Koern, Estonian politician and diplomat, Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs in exile († 1989)
• 1902 » Tiemoko Garan Kouyaté, Malian educator and activist († 1942)