Eijsermans family tree » Martinus van Gerven (1900-)

Birthday April 12, 1900

• The temperature on April 12, 1900 was about 7.8 °C. The airpressure was 75 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.
  • 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 28 » The Second Boer War: The 118-day "Siege of Ladysmith" is lifted.
  • 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.
  • October 9 » The Cook Islands become a territory of the United Kingdom.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1894 » Dorothy Cumming, Australian-American actress († 1983)
• 1894 » Francisco Craveiro Lopes, Portuguese field marshal and politician, 13th President of Portugal († 1964)
• 1898 » Lily Pons, French-American soprano and actress († 1976)
• 1901 » Lowell Stockman, American farmer and politician († 1962)
• 1902 » Louis Beel, Dutch academic and politician, 36th Prime Minister of the Netherlands († 1977)
• 1903 » Jan Tinbergen, Dutch economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1994)