Family tree Eilander » Willem Jan van Gortel (1900-)

Birthday November 22, 1900

• The temperature on November 22, 1900 was about 7.9 °C. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 88%. 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.
  • May 18 » The United Kingdom proclaims a protectorate over Tonga.
  • June 9 » Indian nationalist Birsa Munda dies of cholera in a British prison.
  • 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.
  • August 14 » The Eight-Nation Alliance occupies Beijing, China, in a campaign to end the bloody Boxer Rebellion in China.
  • September 8 » Galveston hurricane: A powerful hurricane hits Galveston, Texas killing about 8,000 people.
  • November 7 » Second Boer War: Battle of Leliefontein, a battle during which the Royal Canadian Dragoons win three Victoria Crosses.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1898 » Wiley Post, American pilot († 1935)
• 1899 » Hoagy Carmichael, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and actor († 1981)
• 1900 » Helenka Pantaleoni, American actress and humanitarian, co-founded U.S. Fund for UNICEF († 1987)
• 1900 » Tom Macdonald, Welsh journalist and author († 1980)
• 1901 » Béla Juhos, Hungarian-Austrian philosopher from the Vienna Circle († 1971)
• 1901 » Joaquín Rodrigo, Spanish pianist and composer († 1999)