Eijsermans family tree » Hilbertus Teunis Verboom (1900-)

Birthday March 29, 1900

• The temperature on March 29, 1900 was about 0.7 °C. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 98%. 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.
  • March 7 » The German liner SSKaiser Wilhelm der Grosse becomes the first ship to send wireless signals to shore.
  • March 18 » AFC Ajax Amsterdam, The Netherlands's biggest and most successful football club, was founded.
  • May 17 » Second Boer War: British troops relieve Mafeking.
  • July 27 » Kaiser Wilhelm II makes a speech comparing Germans to Huns; for years afterwards, "Hun" would be a disparaging name for Germans.
  • September 13 » Filipino insurgents defeat a small American column in the Battle of Pulang Lupa, during the Philippine–American War.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1899 » Lavrentiy Beria, Georgian-Russian general and politician († 1953)
• 1900 » Bill Aston, English race car driver († 1974)
• 1900 » John McEwen, Australian farmer and politician, 18th Prime Minister of Australia († 1980)
• 1902 » Don Miller, American football player and coach († 1979)
• 1902 » Marcel Aymé, French author, playwright, and screenwriter († 1967)
• 1902 » William Walton, English composer († 1983)