Family tree Harmsen-de Vries » Johanna van Katwijk (1900-)

Birthday December 14, 1900

• The temperature on December 14, 1900 was about 7.6 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 91%. 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.
  • February 6 » The Permanent Court of Arbitration, an international arbitration court at The Hague, is created when the Senate of the Netherlands ratifies an 1899 peace conference decree.
  • February 7 » A Chinese immigrant in San Francisco falls ill to bubonic plague in the first plague epidemic in the continental United States.
  • February 7 » Second Boer War: British troops fail in their third attempt to lift the Siege of Ladysmith.
  • February 27 » Second Boer War: In South Africa, British military leaders receive an unconditional notice of surrender from Boer General Piet Cronjé at the Battle of Paardeberg.
  • June 9 » Indian nationalist Birsa Munda dies of cholera in a British prison.
  • October 25 » The United Kingdom annexes the Transvaal.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1897 » Kurt Schuschnigg, Italian-Austrian lawyer and politician, 15th Federal Chancellor of Austria († 1977)
• 1899 » DeFord Bailey, American Hall of Fame country and blues musician († 1982)
• 1901 » Henri Cochet, French tennis player († 1987)
• 1901 » Paul of Greece († 1964)
• 1902 » Frances Bavier, American actress († 1989)
• 1902 » Herbert Feigl, Austrian philosopher from the Vienna Circle († 1988)