Database Van Broekhoven » Catharina Theresia Blom (1900-)

Birthday February 13, 1900

• The temperature on February 13, 1900 was about -6.6 °C. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 76%. 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.
  • May 17 » The children's novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum, is first published in the United States. The first copy is given to the author's sister.
  • June 5 » Second Boer War: British soldiers take Pretoria.
  • July 19 » The first line of the Paris Métro opens for operation.
  • November 7 » Second Boer War: Battle of Leliefontein, a battle during which the Royal Canadian Dragoons win three Victoria Crosses.
  • 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.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1898 » Hubert Ashton, English cricketer and politician († 1979)
• 1900 » Barbara von Annenkoff, Russian-born German film and stage actress († 1979)
• 1901 » Paul Lazarsfeld, Austrian-American sociologist and academic († 1976)
• 1902 » Harold Lasswell, American political scientist and theorist († 1978)
• 1903 » Georges Simenon, Belgian-Swiss author († 1989)
• 1903 » Georgy Beriev, Georgian-Russian engineer, founded the Beriev Aircraft Company († 1979)