Family tree Beemer » Wilhelmina Josephina Jacoba Koekenbier (1901-)

Birthday March 12, 1901

• The temperature on March 12, 1901 was between 3.9 °C and 5.9 °C and averaged 4.6 °C. There was 4.0 hours of sunshine (35%). 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 Netherlands , there was from August 1, 1901 to August 16, 1905 the cabinet Kuijper, with Dr. A. Kuijper (AR) as prime minister.
• In the year 1901: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.2 million citizens.
  • February 20 » The legislature of Hawaii Territory convenes for the first time.
  • May 9 » Australia opens its first national parliament in Melbourne.
  • June 17 » The College Board introduces its first standardized test, the forerunner to the SAT.
  • August 6 » Kiowa land in Oklahoma is opened for white settlement, effectively dissolving the contiguous reservation.
  • September 17 » Second Boer War: Boers capture a squadron of the 17th Lancers at the Battle of Elands River.
  • November 8 » Gospel riots: Bloody clashes take place in Athens following the translation of the Gospels into demotic Greek.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1898 » Luitpold Steidle, German army officer and politician († 1984)
• 1898 » Tian Han, Chinese playwright († 1968)
• 1899 » Ramón Muttis, Argentine footballer († 1955)
• 1900 » Gustavo Rojas Pinilla, 19th President of Colombia († 1975)
• 1900 » Rinus van den Berge, Dutch athlete († 1972)
• 1904 » Lyudmila Keldysh, Russian mathematician († 1976)