Family tree Frieling-Van Halteren » Gerardus Johannes Wannet (1900-)

Birthday March 11, 1900

• The temperature on March 11, 1900 was about 13.4 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 60%. 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.
  • 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.
  • February 27 » The British Labour Party is founded.
  • March 24 » Mayor of New York City Robert Anderson Van Wyck breaks ground for a new underground "Rapid Transit Railroad" that would link Manhattan and Brooklyn.
  • June 17 » Boxer Rebellion: Western Allied and Japanese forces capture the Taku Forts in Tianjin, China.
  • July 2 » Jean Sibelius' Finlandia receives its première performance in Helsinki with the Helsinki Philharmonic Society conducted by Robert Kajanus.

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• 1897 » Henry Cowell, American pianist and composer († 1965)
• 1898 » Dorothy Gish, American actress († 1968)
• 1899 » Frederick IX of Denmark († 1972)
• 1899 » James H. Douglas, Jr., American colonel, lawyer, and politician, 9th United States Deputy Secretary of Defense († 1988)
• 1900 » Hanna Bergas, German teacher who contributed to the rescue of Jewish children during WWII († 1987)
• 1903 » Ronald Syme, New Zealand historian and scholar († 1989)