Conk/Robillard Family Tree » Govert Cornelis Jans (1900-)

Birthday February 12, 1900

• The temperature on February 12, 1900 was about -0.6 °C. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 92%. 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 14 » British forces begin the Battle of the Tugela Heights in an effort to lift the Siege of Ladysmith.
  • April 15 » Philippine–American War: Filipino guerrillas launch a surprise attack on U.S. infantry and begin a four-day siege of Catubig, Philippines.
  • May 29 » N'Djamena is founded as Fort-Lamy by the French commander Émile Gentil.
  • July 2 » The first Zeppelin flight takes place on Lake Constance near Friedrichshafen, Germany.
  • December 18 » The Upper Ferntree Gully to Gembrook, Victoria Narrow-gauge (2ft 6 in or 762mm) Railway (now the Puffing Billy Railway) in Victoria, Australia is opened for traffic.
  • 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

• 1897 » Charles Groves Wright Anderson, South African-Australian colonel and politician († 1988)
• 1897 » Lincoln LaPaz, American astronomer and academic († 1985)
• 1898 » Wallace Ford, English-American actor and singer († 1966)
• 1900 » Roger J. Traynor, American lawyer and jurist, 23rd Chief Justice of California († 1983)
• 1902 » William Collier, Jr., American actor, producer, and screenwriter († 1987)
• 1903 » Jorge Basadre, Peruvian historian († 1980)