Family tree Theo Bijl » Elizabeth Johanna van der Steen (1900-)

Birthday June 10, 1900

• The temperature on June 10, 1900 was about 22.8 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 51%. 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.
  • January 16 » The United States Senate accepts the Anglo-German treaty of 1899 in which the United Kingdom renounces its claims to the Samoan islands.
  • 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.
  • February 27 » Fußball-Club Bayern München is founded.
  • July 19 » The first line of the Paris Métro opens for operation.
  • July 29 » In Italy, King Umberto I of Italy is assassinated by the anarchist Gaetano Bresci.
  • August 16 » The Battle of Elands River during the Second Boer War ends after a 13-day siege is lifted by the British. The battle had begun when a force of between 2,000 and 3,000 Boers had surrounded a force of 500 Australians, Rhodesians, Canadians and British soldiers at a supply dump at Brakfontein Drift.

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• 1895 » Hattie McDaniel, American actress († 1952)
• 1897 » Grand Duchess Tatiana Nikolaevna of Russia († 1918)
• 1898 » Princess Marie-Auguste of Anhalt († 1983)
• 1899 » Stanisław Czaykowski, Polish race car driver († 1933)
• 1901 » Frederick Loewe, Austrian-American composer († 1988)
• 1904 » Lin Huiyin, Chinese architect and poet († 1955)