Sickler Family Tree » Mary Jane Heeman (± 1848-1900)

Day of death January 17, 1900

• The temperature on January 17, 1900 was about 4.0 °C. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 100%. 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 7 » A Chinese immigrant in San Francisco falls ill to bubonic plague in the first plague epidemic in the continental United States.
  • March 13 » British forces occupy Bloemfontein, Orange Free State, during the Second Boer War.
  • May 17 » Second Boer War: British troops relieve Mafeking.
  • May 23 » American Civil War: Sergeant William Harvey Carney is awarded the Medal of Honor for his heroism in the Assault on the Battery Wagner in 1863.
  • June 9 » Indian nationalist Birsa Munda dies of cholera in a British prison.
  • October 9 » The Cook Islands become a territory of the United Kingdom.

Source: Wikipedia

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• 1903 » Ignaz Wechselmann, Hungarian architect and philanthropist (b. 1828)
• 1908 » Ferdinand IV, Grand Duke of Tuscany (b. 1835)
• 1909 » Francis Smith, Australian lawyer, judge, and politician, 4th Premier of Tasmania (b. 1819)
• 1911 » Francis Galton, English polymath, anthropologist, and geographer (b. 1822)