Family tree Drenckhahn/Gombault » Frederika Jacoba van Nieuwland (1900-)

Birthday November 20, 1900

• The temperature on November 20, 1900 was about 5.9 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 90%. 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 2 » American statesman and diplomat John Hay announces the Open Door Policy to promote trade with China.
  • April 14 » The Exposition Universelle begins.
  • June 17 » Boxer Rebellion: Western Allied and Japanese forces capture the Taku Forts in Tianjin, China.
  • July 19 » The first line of the Paris Métro opens for operation.
  • August 14 » The Eight-Nation Alliance occupies Beijing, China, in a campaign to end the bloody Boxer Rebellion in China.
  • October 9 » The Cook Islands become a territory of the United Kingdom.

Source: Wikipedia

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• 1899 » Alicja Kotowska, Polish nun († 1939)
• 1900 » Chester Gould, American cartoonist and author, created Dick Tracy († 1985)
• 1900 » Florieda Batson, American hurdler, captain of the United States team at the 1922 Women's Olympics († 1996)
• 1900 » Helen Bradley, English painter († 1979)
• 1901 » José Leandro Andrade, Uruguayan footballer († 1957)