Slotboom family tree » Johannes van Burken (1837-1900)

Day of death March 8, 1900

• The temperature on March 8, 1900 was about 1.2 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 94%. 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.
  • February 18 » Second Boer War: Imperial forces suffer their worst single-day loss of life on Bloody Sunday, the first day of the Battle of Paardeberg.
  • April 30 » Hawaii becomes a territory of the United States, with Sanford B. Dole as governor.
  • June 14 » Hawaii becomes a United States territory.
  • June 18 » Empress Dowager Cixi of China orders all foreigners killed, including foreign diplomats and their families.
  • July 19 » The first line of the Paris Métro opens for operation.

Source: Wikipedia

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