Database Van Broekhoven » Maria Johanna Jozephina Versteden (1900-1971)

Birthday July 11, 1900

• The temperature on July 11, 1900 was about 19.3 °C. The airpressure was 76 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.
  • 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.
  • May 29 » N'Djamena is founded as Fort-Lamy by the French commander Émile Gentil.
  • June 20 » Boxer Rebellion: The Imperial Chinese Army begins a 55-day siege of the Legation Quarter in Beijing, China.
  • July 19 » The first line of the Paris Métro opens for operation.
  • August 16 » The Battle of Elands River during the Second Boer War ends after a 13-day siege is lifted by the British. The battle had begun when a force of between 2,000 and 3,000 Boers had surrounded a force of 500 Australians, Rhodesians, Canadians and British soldiers at a supply dump at Brakfontein Drift.
  • December 14 » Quantum mechanics: Max Planck presents a theoretical derivation of his black-body radiation law.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1897 » Bull Connor, American police officer († 1973)
• 1899 » E. B. White, American essayist and journalist († 1985)
• 1899 » Wilfrid Israel, German businessman and philanthropist († 1943)
• 1901 » Gwendolyn Lizarraga, Belizean businesswoman, activist, and politician († 1975)
• 1903 » Rudolf Abel, English-Russian colonel († 1971)
• 1903 » Sidney Franklin, American bullfighter († 1976)