Genealogy Van Eck op Goeree Overflakkee » Maria van ARDENNE (1900-)

Birthday July 6, 1900

• The temperature on July 6, 1900 was about 15.0 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 74%. 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.
  • April 2 » The United States Congress passes the Foraker Act, giving Puerto Rico limited self-rule.
  • April 30 » Hawaii becomes a territory of the United States, with Sanford B. Dole as governor.
  • July 9 » The Federation of Australia is given royal assent.
  • September 13 » Filipino insurgents defeat a small American column in the Battle of Pulang Lupa, during the Philippine–American War.
  • September 17 » Philippine–American War: Filipinos under Juan Cailles defeat Americans under Colonel Benjamin F. Cheatham Jr. at Mabitac.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1897 » Richard Krautheimer, German-American historian and scholar († 1994)
• 1898 » Hanns Eisler, German-Austrian soldier and composer († 1962)
• 1899 » Susannah Mushatt Jones, American supercentarian († 2016)
• 1900 » Elfriede Wever, German Olympic runner († 1941)
• 1900 » Frederica Sagor Maas, American author and screenwriter († 2012)
• 1903 » Hugo Theorell, Swedish biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1982)