Family tree Frieling-Van Halteren » Wilhelmus Jacobus den Balvert (1900-)

Birthday January 9, 1900

• The temperature on January 9, 1900 was about 7.2 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 89%. 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.
  • 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.
  • July 9 » The Federation of Australia is given royal assent.
  • August 14 » The Eight-Nation Alliance occupies Beijing, China, in a campaign to end the bloody Boxer Rebellion in 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.
  • October 25 » The United Kingdom annexes the Transvaal.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1898 » Gracie Fields, English actress and singer († 1979)
• 1899 » Harald Tammer, Estonian journalist and weightlifter († 1942)
• 1900 » Richard Halliburton, American journalist and author († 1939)
• 1901 » Chic Young, American cartoonist († 1973)
• 1901 » Vilma Bánky, Hungarian-American actress († 1991)
• 1902 » Rudolf Bing, American impresario and businessman († 1997)