Family tree Eilander » Hendrika "Riek" Sleijster (1900-)

Birthday April 19, 1900

• The temperature on April 19, 1900 was about 14.0 °C. The airpressure was 78 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 63%. 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 23 » Second Boer War: During the Battle of the Tugela Heights, the first British attempt to take Hart's Hill fails.
  • February 27 » Fußball-Club Bayern München is founded.
  • June 14 » The second German Naval Law calls for the Imperial German Navy to be doubled in size, resulting in an Anglo-German naval arms race.
  • June 18 » Empress Dowager Cixi of China orders all foreigners killed, including foreign diplomats and their families.
  • July 27 » Kaiser Wilhelm II makes a speech comparing Germans to Huns; for years afterwards, "Hun" would be a disparaging name for Germans.
  • August 16 » The Battle of Elands River during the Second Boer War ends after a 13-day siege is lifted by the British. The battle had begun when a force of between 2,000 and 3,000 Boers had surrounded a force of 500 Australians, Rhodesians, Canadians and British soldiers at a supply dump at Brakfontein Drift.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1899 » Cemal Tollu, Turkish lieutenant and painter († 1968)
• 1899 » George O'Brien, American actor († 1985)
• 1900 » Iracema de Alencar, Brazilian film actress († 1978)
• 1900 » Rhea Silberta, Yiddish songwriter and singing teacher († 1959)
• 1900 » Richard Hughes, English author, poet, and playwright († 1976)
• 1900 » Roland Michener, Canadian lawyer and politician, 20th Governor General of Canada († 1991)