Kolks Family Tree » Gerarda Maria Johanna Schildknegt (1900-)

Birthday July 23, 1900

• The temperature on July 23, 1900 was about 18.4 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 81%. 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.
  • February 28 » The Second Boer War: The 118-day "Siege of Ladysmith" is lifted.
  • June 20 » Baron Eduard Toll, leader of the Russian Polar Expedition of 1900, departs Saint Petersburg in Russia on the explorer ship Zarya, never to return.
  • June 25 » The Taoist monk Wang Yuanlu discovers the Dunhuang manuscripts, a cache of ancient texts that are of great historical and religious significance, in the Mogao Caves of Dunhuang, China.
  • July 9 » The Federation of Australia is given royal assent.
  • July 9 » The Governor of Shanxi province in North China orders the execution of 45 foreign Christian missionaries and local church members, including children.
  • July 29 » In Italy, King Umberto I of Italy is assassinated by the anarchist Gaetano Bresci.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1899 » Gustav Heinemann, German lawyer and politician, 3rd President of West Germany († 1976)
• 1900 » Inger Margrethe Boberg, Danish folklore researcher and writer († 1957)
• 1900 » John Babcock, Canadian-American sergeant († 2010)
• 1900 » Julia Davis Adams, American author and journalist († 1993)
• 1901 » Hank Worden, American actor and singer († 1992)
• 1901 » Isabel Luberza Oppenheimer, Puerto Rican brothel owner and madam in barrio Maragüez, Ponce, Puerto Rico († 1974)