Family tree De Duffelt » Kind "1900 +" Berns (1900-1900)

Birthday June 5, 1900

• The temperature on June 5, 1900 was about 20.3 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 66%. 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.
  • April 2 » The United States Congress passes the Foraker Act, giving Puerto Rico limited self-rule.
  • May 23 » American Civil War: Sergeant William Harvey Carney is awarded the Medal of Honor for his heroism in the Assault on the Battery Wagner in 1863.
  • July 9 » The Governor of Shanxi province in North China orders the execution of 45 foreign Christian missionaries and local church members, including children.
  • July 29 » In Italy, King Umberto I of Italy is assassinated by the anarchist Gaetano Bresci.
  • December 18 » The Upper Ferntree Gully to Gembrook, Victoria Narrow-gauge (2ft 6 in or 762mm) Railway (now the Puffing Billy Railway) in Victoria, Australia is opened for traffic.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1898 » Federico García Lorca, Spanish poet, playwright, and director († 1936)
• 1898 » Salvatore Ferragamo, Italian shoe designer, founded Salvatore Ferragamo S.p.A. († 1960)
• 1899 » Otis Barton, American diver, engineer, and actor, designed the bathysphere († 1992)
• 1899 » Theippan Maung Wa, Burmese writer († 1942)
• 1900 » Dennis Gabor, Hungarian-English physicist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate († 1979)
• 1902 » Arthur Powell Davies, American minister, author, and activist († 1957)