Family tree Prins » Adriaan Jan Bogaard (1900-)

Birthday September 4, 1900

• The temperature on September 4, 1900 was about 13.9 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 75%. 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 6 » The Permanent Court of Arbitration, an international arbitration court at The Hague, is created when the Senate of the Netherlands ratifies an 1899 peace conference decree.
  • 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.
  • June 9 » Indian nationalist Birsa Munda dies of cholera in a British prison.
  • July 9 » The Governor of Shanxi province in North China orders the execution of 45 foreign Christian missionaries and local church members, including children.
  • August 14 » The Eight-Nation Alliance occupies Beijing, China, in a campaign to end the bloody Boxer Rebellion in China.
  • November 7 » Second Boer War: Battle of Leliefontein, a battle during which the Royal Canadian Dragoons win three Victoria Crosses.

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• 1896 » Antonin Artaud, French actor, director, and playwright († 1948)
• 1901 » William Lyons, English businessman, co-founded Jaguar Cars († 1985)
• 1902 » Tommy Mitchell, English cricketer († 1996)
• 1905 » Mary Renault, English-South African author († 1983)
• 1905 » Walter Zapp, Latvian-Estonian inventor, invented the Minox († 2003)
• 1906 » Max Delbrück, German-American biophysicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1981)