Pauline Berens: Genealogienetwerk zus Greetje Berens voorheen EemslandBoekweitBoerenImmigratie https://www.genealogieonline.nl/the-dutch-connection/I53357.php # nr naam-vader naam-moeder beroep-ouders woonplaats-ouders geslacht naam-kind geboortedatum doopdatum opmerkingen 4435 11 Backs Anton Fenslage Anna Gesina Heuermann Düneburg V Margaretha Adelheid 19000124 19000125 Getraut am 23. Juni 1931 in Wesuwe mit Bernard Hermann Pinkernell in Haren
January 6 » Second Boer War: Having already besieged the fortress at Ladysmith, Boer forces attack it, but are driven back by British defenders.
April 14 » The Exposition Universelle begins.
May 17 » Second Boer War: British troops relieve Mafeking.
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.
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.
December 14 » Quantum mechanics: Max Planck presents a theoretical derivation of his black-body radiation law.
Christening day January 25, 1900
The temperature on January 25, 1900 was about 5.3 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 92%. Source: KNMI
January 31 » Datu Muhammad Salleh is killed in Kampung Teboh, Tambunan, ending the Mat Salleh Rebellion.
February 28 » The Second Boer War: The 118-day "Siege of Ladysmith" is lifted.
March 13 » British forces occupy Bloemfontein, Orange Free State, during the Second Boer War.
May 24 » Second Boer War: The United Kingdom annexes the Orange Free State.
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.
December 14 » Quantum mechanics: Max Planck presents a theoretical derivation of his black-body radiation law.
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