Database Langton / Lengton / Lington - Heil - Rahder » Pieter Willemsteijn (1900-)

Birthday June 13, 1900

• The temperature on June 13, 1900 was about 20.8 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 77%. 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 16 » The United States Senate accepts the Anglo-German treaty of 1899 in which the United Kingdom renounces its claims to the Samoan islands.
  • February 14 » British forces begin the Battle of the Tugela Heights in an effort 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.
  • April 5 » Archaeologists in Knossos, Crete, discover a large cache of clay tablets with hieroglyphic writing in a script they call Linear B.
  • May 26 » Thousand Days' War: The Colombian Conservative Party turns the tide of war in their favor with victory against the Colombian Liberal Party in the Battle of Palonegro.
  • August 14 » The Eight-Nation Alliance occupies Beijing, China, in a campaign to end the bloody Boxer Rebellion in China.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1897 » Paavo Nurmi, Finnish runner and coach († 1973)
• 1899 » Carlos Chávez, Mexican composer, conductor, and journalist, founded the Mexican Symphonic Orchestra († 1978)
• 1901 » Tage Erlander, Swedish lieutenant and politician, 25th Prime Minister of Sweden († 1985)
• 1902 » Carolyn Eisele, American mathematician and historian († 2000)
• 1903 » Willard Harrison Bennett, American physicist and chemist († 1987)
• 1905 » James T. Rutnam, Sri Lankan historian and author († 1988)