Family tree Wim en Annelies de Leede » Anna van Woerekom (1900-)

Birthday July 13, 1900

• The temperature on July 13, 1900 was about 21.0 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 72%. 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 6 » The Permanent Court of Arbitration, an international arbitration court at The Hague, is created when the Senate of the Netherlands ratifies an 1899 peace conference decree.
  • 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.
  • June 14 » The second German Naval Law calls for the Imperial German Navy to be doubled in size, resulting in an Anglo-German naval arms race.
  • July 19 » The first line of the Paris Métro opens for operation.
  • August 3 » The Firestone Tire and Rubber Company is founded.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1896 » Mordecai Ardon, Israeli painter and educator († 1992)
• 1898 » Ivan Triesault, Estonian-born American actor († 1980)
• 1898 » Julius Schreck, German commander († 1936)
• 1900 » George Lewis, American clarinet player and songwriter († 1969)
• 1901 » Eric Portman, English actor († 1969)
• 1903 » Kenneth Clark, English historian and author († 1983)