Genealogy John van Hemert » Charles Clemens Leo Marie Nefkens (1900-)

Birthday November 23, 1900

• The temperature on November 23, 1900 was about 5.4 °C. The airpressure was 76 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.
  • January 6 » Second Boer War: Having already besieged the fortress at Ladysmith, Boer forces attack it, but are driven back by British defenders.
  • February 7 » A Chinese immigrant in San Francisco falls ill to bubonic plague in the first plague epidemic in the continental United States.
  • March 14 » The Gold Standard Act is ratified, placing the United States currency on the gold standard.
  • 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.
  • July 2 » The first Zeppelin flight takes place on Lake Constance near Friedrichshafen, Germany.
  • July 9 » The Governor of Shanxi province in North China orders the execution of 45 foreign Christian missionaries and local church members, including children.

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• 1897 » Karl Gebhardt, German physician and war criminal († 1948)
• 1897 » Nirad C. Chaudhuri, British-Indian historian, author, and critic († 1999)
• 1899 » Manuel dos Reis Machado, Brazilian martial artist and educator († 1974)
• 1901 » Bennie Osler, South African rugby player († 1962)
• 1902 » Aaron Bank, American colonel († 2004)
• 1902 » Victor Jory, Canadian-American actor († 1982)