Eijsermans family tree » Lambertus Petrus Johannes Jansen (1900-)

Birthday October 1, 1900

• The temperature on October 1, 1900 was about 14.6 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 83%. 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 14 » British forces begin the Battle of the Tugela Heights in an effort to lift the Siege of Ladysmith.
  • May 18 » The United Kingdom proclaims a protectorate over Tonga.
  • 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 18 » Empress Dowager Cixi of China orders all foreigners killed, including foreign diplomats and their families.
  • October 9 » The Cook Islands become a territory of the United Kingdom.
  • November 7 » The People's Party is founded in Cuba.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1896 » Ted Healy, American actor, singer, and screenwriter († 1937)
• 1899 » Ernest Haycox, American author († 1950)
• 1900 » Tom Goddard, English cricketer († 1966)
• 1903 » Pierre Veyron, French race car driver († 1970)
• 1903 » Vladimir Horowitz, Russian-born American pianist and composer († 1989)
• 1904 » Otto Robert Frisch, Austrian-English physicist and academic († 1979)