Genealogy N.P. Mantel » Jacob "Jake" Gorter (1900-± 1958)

Birthday December 13, 1900

• The temperature on December 13, 1900 was about 6.4 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 98%. 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.
  • February 14 » British forces begin the Battle of the Tugela Heights in an effort to lift the Siege of Ladysmith.
  • February 18 » Second Boer War: Imperial forces suffer their worst single-day loss of life on Bloody Sunday, the first day of the Battle of Paardeberg.
  • March 13 » British forces occupy Bloemfontein, Orange Free State, during the Second Boer War.
  • April 14 » The Exposition Universelle begins.
  • August 14 » The Eight-Nation Alliance occupies Beijing, China, in a campaign to end the bloody Boxer Rebellion in China.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1897 » Albert Aalbers, Dutch architect, designed the Savoy Homann Bidakara Hotel († 1961)
• 1897 » Drew Pearson, American journalist and author († 1969)
• 1900 » Jonel Perlea, Romanian-American conductor and educator († 1970)
• 1901 » Olev Roomet, Estonian singer, violinist, and bagpipe player († 1987)
• 1902 » Panagiotis Kanellopoulos, Greek philosopher and politician, 138th Prime Minister of Greece († 1986)
• 1902 » Talcott Parsons, American sociologist and academic († 1979)