Eijsermans family tree » Willemke Sjoerdtje Kirkenir (1900-)

Birthday September 26, 1900

• The temperature on September 26, 1900 was about 12.2 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 79%. 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 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.
  • March 7 » The German liner SSKaiser Wilhelm der Grosse becomes the first ship to send wireless signals to shore.
  • May 22 » The Associated Press is formed in New York City as a non-profit news cooperative.
  • July 27 » Kaiser Wilhelm II makes a speech comparing Germans to Huns; for years afterwards, "Hun" would be a disparaging name for Germans.
  • October 25 » The United Kingdom annexes the Transvaal.
  • December 14 » Quantum mechanics: Max Planck presents a theoretical derivation of his black-body radiation law.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1897 » Arthur Rhys-Davids, English lieutenant and pilot († 1917)
• 1897 » Pope Paul VI († 1978)
• 1898 » George Gershwin, American pianist and composer († 1937)
• 1900 » Suzanne Belperron, French jewelry designer († 1983)
• 1901 » George Raft, American actor, singer, and dancer († 1980)
• 1901 » Ted Weems, American bandleader and musician († 1963)