Eijsermans family tree » Johanna Wilhelmina Cornelia Fokkema (1900-)

Birthday November 7, 1900

• The temperature on November 7, 1900 was about 11.7 °C. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 64%. 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 23 » Second Boer War: The Battle of Spion Kop between the forces of the South African Republic and the Orange Free State and British forces ends in a British defeat.
  • February 27 » Second Boer War: In South Africa, British military leaders receive an unconditional notice of surrender from Boer General Piet Cronjé at the Battle of Paardeberg.
  • February 27 » The British Labour Party is founded.
  • March 18 » AFC Ajax Amsterdam, The Netherlands's biggest and most successful football club, was founded.
  • July 9 » The Federation of Australia is given royal assent.
  • December 19 » Hopetoun Blunder: The first Governor-General of Australia John Hope, 7th Earl of Hopetoun, appoints Sir William Lyne premier of the new state of New South Wales, but he is unable to persuade other colonial politicians to join his government and is forced to resign.

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• 1897 » Herman J. Mankiewicz, American director, producer, and screenwriter († 1953)
• 1898 » Margaret Morris, American actress († 1968)
• 1898 » Raphaël Salem, Greek-French mathematician and academic († 1963)
• 1899 » Yitzhak Lamdan, Russian-Israeli journalist and poet († 1954)
• 1900 » Nellie Campobello, Mexican writer who chronicled the Mexican Revolution († 1986)
• 1901 » Norah McGuinness, Irish painter and illustrator († 1980)