Stamboom familie Ronnen en aanverwanten » Leendert Simon Snoep (1900-)

Birthday March 19, 1900

• The temperature on March 19, 1900 was about 2.4 °C. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 57%. 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 23 » Second Boer War: The Battle of Spion Kop between the forces of the South African Republic and the Orange Free State and British forces ends in a British defeat.
  • May 18 » The United Kingdom proclaims a protectorate over Tonga.
  • June 14 » Hawaii becomes a United States territory.
  • 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.
  • June 17 » Boxer Rebellion: Western Allied and Japanese forces capture the Taku Forts in Tianjin, China.
  • August 16 » The Battle of Elands River during the Second Boer War ends after a 13-day siege is lifted by the British. The battle had begun when a force of between 2,000 and 3,000 Boers had surrounded a force of 500 Australians, Rhodesians, Canadians and British soldiers at a supply dump at Brakfontein Drift.

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• 1900 » Carmen Carbonell, Spanish stage and film actress († 1988)
• 1900 » Frédéric Joliot-Curie, French physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1958)
• 1901 » Jo Mielziner, French-American set designer († 1976)
• 1904 » John Sirica, American lawyer and judge († 1992)
• 1905 » Albert Speer, German architect and politician († 1981)
• 1905 » Joe Rollino, American weightlifter and boxer († 2010)