Genealogy Van Raam » Gerardus de Meulmeester (1900-)

Birthday January 13, 1900

• The temperature on January 13, 1900 was about -3.8 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 98%. 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 24 » Second Boer War: Boers stop a British attempt to break the Siege of Ladysmith in the Battle of Spion Kop.
  • February 28 » The Second Boer War: The 118-day "Siege of Ladysmith" is lifted.
  • June 9 » Indian nationalist Birsa Munda dies of cholera in a British prison.
  • June 17 » Boxer Rebellion: Western Allied and Japanese forces capture the Taku Forts in Tianjin, China.
  • June 18 » Empress Dowager Cixi of China orders all foreigners killed, including foreign diplomats and their families.
  • 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.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1900 » Gertrude Mary Cox, American mathematician († 1978)
• 1900 » Shimizugawa Motokichi, Japanese sumo wrestler († 1967)
• 1901 » A. B. Guthrie, Jr., American novelist, screenwriter, historian († 1991)
• 1901 » Mieczysław Żywczyński, Polish priest and historian († 1978)
• 1902 » Karl Menger, Austrian-American mathematician from the Vienna Circle († 1985)
• 1904 » Richard Addinsell, English composer († 1977)