Family tree Beemer » Johanna Antonia van Zijl (1900-)

Birthday September 30, 1900

• The temperature on September 30, 1900 was about 12.6 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 89%. 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 23 » Second Boer War: During the Battle of the Tugela Heights, the first British attempt to take Hart's Hill fails.
  • March 7 » The German liner SSKaiser Wilhelm der Grosse becomes the first ship to send wireless signals to shore.
  • March 14 » The Gold Standard Act is ratified, placing the United States currency on the gold standard.
  • June 5 » Second Boer War: British soldiers take Pretoria.
  • July 9 » The Governor of Shanxi province in North China orders the execution of 45 foreign Christian missionaries and local church members, including children.
  • September 17 » Philippine–American War: Filipinos under Juan Cailles defeat Americans under Colonel Benjamin F. Cheatham Jr. at Mabitac.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1897 » Alfred Wintle, Russian-English soldier and politician († 1966)
• 1897 » Gaspar Cassadó, Spanish cellist and composer († 1966)
• 1898 » Edgar Parin d'Aulaire, German-American author and illustrator († 1986)
• 1898 » Princess Charlotte, Duchess of Valentinois († 1977)
• 1898 » Renée Adorée, French-American actress († 1933)
• 1901 » Thelma Terry, American bassist and bandleader († 1966)