Family tree De Backer - Evers » Wilhelmus Antonius Habraken (1900-)

Birthday April 11, 1900

• The temperature on April 11, 1900 was about 9.6 °C. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 84%. 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 18 » AFC Ajax Amsterdam, The Netherlands's biggest and most successful football club, was founded.
  • April 14 » The Exposition Universelle begins.
  • April 15 » Philippine–American War: Filipino guerrillas launch a surprise attack on U.S. infantry and begin a four-day siege of Catubig, Philippines.
  • June 5 » Second Boer War: British soldiers take Pretoria.
  • June 14 » Hawaii becomes a United States territory.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1896 » Léo-Paul Desrosiers, Canadian journalist and author († 1967)
• 1899 » Percy Lavon Julian, African-American chemist and academic († 1975)
• 1900 » Sándor Márai, Hungarian journalist and author († 1989)
• 1903 » Misuzu Kaneko, Japanese poet († 1930)
• 1904 » K. L. Saigal, Indian singer and actor († 1947)
• 1905 » Attila József, Hungarian poet and educator († 1937)