Eijsermans family tree » Theodora Maria Spijkers (1900-)

Birthday May 14, 1900

• The temperature on May 14, 1900 was about 10.2 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 48%. 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 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.
  • March 24 » Mayor of New York City Robert Anderson Van Wyck breaks ground for a new underground "Rapid Transit Railroad" that would link Manhattan and Brooklyn.
  • May 1 » The Scofield Mine disaster kills over 200 men in Scofield, Utah in what is to date the fifth-worst mining accident in United States history.
  • June 17 » Boxer Rebellion: Western Allied and Japanese forces capture the Taku Forts in Tianjin, China.
  • July 2 » The first Zeppelin flight takes place on Lake Constance near Friedrichshafen, Germany.
  • September 13 » Filipino insurgents defeat a small American column in the Battle of Pulang Lupa, during the Philippine–American War.

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• 1899 » Charlotte Auerbach, German-Jewish Scottish folklorist, geneticist, and zoologist. (d.1994)
• 1900 » Cai Chang, Chinese first leader of All-China Women's Federation († 1990)
• 1900 » Edgar Wind, German-English historian, author, and academic († 1971)
• 1900 » Hal Borland, American journalist and author († 1978)
• 1900 » Leo Smit, Dutch pianist and composer († 1943)
• 1900 » Walter Rehberg, Swiss pianist and composer († 1957)