Family tree Eman/Swart-Radstok/Attevelt » levenloos kind van den Brakel (1900-1900)

Birthday September 7, 1900

• The temperature on September 7, 1900 was about 12.8 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 91%. 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 7 » Second Boer War: British troops fail in their third attempt to lift the Siege of Ladysmith.
  • 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.
  • 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 9 » The Governor of Shanxi province in North China orders the execution of 45 foreign Christian missionaries and local church members, including children.
  • September 8 » Galveston hurricane: A powerful hurricane hits Galveston, Texas killing about 8,000 people.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1895 » Jacques Vaché, French author and poet († 1919)
• 1900 » Giuseppe Zangara, Italian-American assassin of Anton Cermak († 1933)
• 1900 » Taylor Caldwell, English-American author († 1985)
• 1903 » Dorothy Marie Donnelly, American poet and author († 1994)
• 1903 » Margaret Landon, American missionary and author († 1993)
• 1904 » C. B. Colby, American author († 1977)