Family tree Brouwer - Koster » Cornelis Mol (1900-)

Birthday June 16, 1900

• The temperature on June 16, 1900 was about 17.4 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 76%. 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 6 » Second Boer War: Having already besieged the fortress at Ladysmith, Boer forces attack it, but are driven back by British defenders.
  • March 16 » Sir Arthur Evans purchased the land around the ruins of Knossos, the largest Bronze Age archaeological site on Crete.
  • April 15 » Philippine–American War: Filipino guerrillas launch a surprise attack on U.S. infantry and begin a four-day siege of Catubig, Philippines.
  • May 26 » Thousand Days' War: The Colombian Conservative Party turns the tide of war in their favor with victory against the Colombian Liberal Party in the Battle of Palonegro.
  • September 13 » Filipino insurgents defeat a small American column in the Battle of Pulang Lupa, during the Philippine–American War.
  • November 7 » The People's Party is founded in Cuba.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1896 » Murray Leinster, American author and screenwriter († 1976)
• 1897 » Georg Wittig, German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1987)
• 1899 » Helen Traubel, American operatic soprano († 1972)
• 1902 » Barbara McClintock, American geneticist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1992)
• 1902 » George Gaylord Simpson, American paleontologist and author († 1984)
• 1906 » Alan Fairfax, Australian cricketer († 1955)