Kramer Family Tree » Derkje van Dijk (1900-)

Birthday March 4, 1900

• The temperature on March 4, 1900 was about -0.9 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 71%. 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 31 » Datu Muhammad Salleh is killed in Kampung Teboh, Tambunan, ending the Mat Salleh Rebellion.
  • February 7 » A Chinese immigrant in San Francisco falls ill to bubonic plague in the first plague epidemic in the continental United States.
  • 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.
  • June 17 » Boxer Rebellion: Western Allied and Japanese forces capture the Taku Forts in Tianjin, China.
  • August 14 » The Eight-Nation Alliance occupies Beijing, China, in a campaign to end the bloody Boxer Rebellion in China.
  • October 9 » The Cook Islands become a territory of the United Kingdom.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1899 » Emilio Prados, Spanish poet and author († 1962)
• 1899 » Peter Illing, Austrian born, British film and television actor († 1966)
• 1900 » Herbert Biberman, American director and screenwriter († 1971)
• 1901 » Charles Goren, American bridge player and author († 1991)
• 1901 » Jean-Joseph Rabearivelo, Malagasy-French author, poet, and playwright († 1937)
• 1901 » Wilbur R. Franks, Canadian scientist, invented the g-suit († 1986)