Family tree de Bruijn » N.N. Hartendorf (1900)

Birthday July 4, 1900

• The temperature on July 4, 1900 was about 16.1 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 78%. 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 24 » Second Boer War: Boers stop a British attempt to break the Siege of Ladysmith in the Battle of Spion Kop.
  • February 27 » Fußball-Club Bayern München is founded.
  • March 7 » The German liner SSKaiser Wilhelm der Grosse becomes the first ship to send wireless signals to shore.
  • April 15 » Philippine–American War: Filipino guerrillas launch a surprise attack on U.S. infantry and begin a four-day siege of Catubig, Philippines.
  • July 2 » Jean Sibelius' Finlandia receives its première performance in Helsinki with the Helsinki Philharmonic Society conducted by Robert Kajanus.
  • November 7 » Second Boer War: Battle of Leliefontein, a battle during which the Royal Canadian Dragoons win three Victoria Crosses.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1898 » Gertrude Lawrence, British actress, singer, and dancer († 1952)
• 1898 » Gertrude Weaver, American supercentenarian († 2015)
• 1898 » Gulzarilal Nanda, Indian politician († 1998)
• 1898 » Pilar Barbosa, Puerto Rican-American historian and activist († 1997)
• 1900 » Belinda Dann, Indigenous Australian who was one of the Stolen Generation, reunited with family aged 107 († 2007)
• 1900 » Nellie Mae Rowe, American folk artist († 1982)