Voorouders Veeken-Ritsma » Dirk Wanders de Boer (1900-)

Birthday April 13, 1900

• The temperature on April 13, 1900 was about 10.6 °C. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 58%. 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 28 » The Second Boer War: The 118-day "Siege of Ladysmith" is lifted.
  • March 7 » The German liner SSKaiser Wilhelm der Grosse becomes the first ship to send wireless signals to shore.
  • April 30 » Hawaii becomes a territory of the United States, with Sanford B. Dole as governor.
  • July 19 » The first line of the Paris Métro opens for operation.
  • July 27 » Kaiser Wilhelm II makes a speech comparing Germans to Huns; for years afterwards, "Hun" would be a disparaging name for Germans.
  • October 9 » The Cook Islands become a territory of the United Kingdom.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1899 » Alfred Mosher Butts, American architect and game designer, created Scrabble († 1993)
• 1899 » Harold Osborn, American high jumper and decathlete († 1975)
• 1900 » Pierre Molinier, French painter and photographer († 1976)
• 1900 » Sorcha Boru, American potter and ceramic sculptor († 2006)
• 1901 » Alan Watt, Australian public servant and diplomat, Australian Ambassador to Japan († 1988)
• 1901 » Jacques Lacan, French psychiatrist and psychoanalyst († 1981)