Family tree du Pont » Raymont Lambert Henri Dupont (1900-)

Birthday June 23, 1900

• The temperature on June 23, 1900 was about 13.4 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 85%. 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.
  • May 26 » Thousand Days' War: The Colombian Conservative Party turns the tide of war in their favor with victory against the Colombian Liberal Party in the Battle of Palonegro.
  • June 9 » Indian nationalist Birsa Munda dies of cholera in a British prison.
  • June 17 » Boxer Rebellion: Western Allied and Japanese forces capture the Taku Forts in Tianjin, China.
  • June 18 » Empress Dowager Cixi of China orders all foreigners killed, including foreign diplomats and their families.
  • August 16 » The Battle of Elands River during the Second Boer War ends after a 13-day siege is lifted by the British. The battle had begun when a force of between 2,000 and 3,000 Boers had surrounded a force of 500 Australians, Rhodesians, Canadians and British soldiers at a supply dump at Brakfontein Drift.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1899 » Amédée Gordini, Italian-born French race car driver and sports car manufacturer († 1979)
• 1900 » Blanche Noyes, American aviator, winner of the 1936 Bendix Trophy Race († 1981)
• 1901 » Ahmet Hamdi Tanpınar, Turkish author, poet, and scholar († 1962)
• 1903 » Paul Martin Sr., Canadian lawyer and politician († 1992)
• 1904 » Quintin McMillan, South African cricketer († 1938)
• 1905 » Jack Pickersgill, Canadian civil servant and politician, 35th Secretary of State for Canada († 1997)