Family tree Dirk Bernard Groothuis » Pieter Eggesz Bierenbroodspot (1900-)

Birthday July 7, 1900

• The temperature on July 7, 1900 was about 13.6 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 82%. 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.
  • February 7 » A Chinese immigrant in San Francisco falls ill to bubonic plague in the first plague epidemic in the continental United States.
  • May 17 » The children's novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum, is first published in the United States. The first copy is given to the author's sister.
  • May 29 » N'Djamena is founded as Fort-Lamy by the French commander Émile Gentil.
  • June 25 » The Taoist monk Wang Yuanlu discovers the Dunhuang manuscripts, a cache of ancient texts that are of great historical and religious significance, in the Mogao Caves of Dunhuang, China.
  • October 25 » The United Kingdom annexes the Transvaal.

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• 1899 » George Cukor, American director and producer († 1983)
• 1900 » Earle E. Partridge, American general († 1990)
• 1900 » Maria Bard, German stage and silent film actress († 1944)
• 1901 » Eiji Tsuburaya, Japanese cinematographer and producer († 1970)
• 1901 » Sam Katzman, American director and producer († 1973)
• 1901 » Vittorio De Sica, Italian actor and director († 1974)