Family tree familie De Kleine » Geertruida Trijntje Oudshoorn (1900-)

Birthday May 21, 1900

• The temperature on May 21, 1900 was about 12.0 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 61%. 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.
  • 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.
  • May 29 » N'Djamena is founded as Fort-Lamy by the French commander Émile Gentil.
  • June 17 » Boxer Rebellion: Western Allied and Japanese forces capture the Taku Forts in Tianjin, China.
  • August 14 » The Eight-Nation Alliance occupies Beijing, China, in a campaign to end the bloody Boxer Rebellion in China.
  • October 9 » The Cook Islands become a territory of the United Kingdom.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1898 » Armand Hammer, American physician and businessman, founded Occidental Petroleum († 1990)
• 1898 » Charles Léon Hammes, Luxembourgian lawyer and judge († 1967)
• 1901 » Horace Heidt, American pianist, bandleader, and radio host († 1986)
• 1901 » Regina M. Anderson, Multiracial playwright and librarian († 1993)
• 1901 » Sam Jaffe, American film producer and agent († 2000)
• 1901 » Suzanne Lilar, Belgian author and playwright († 1992)