Family tree Jansen, Brandsma, Esmeijer, De Waal en Wennekes » Cornelia Hendrika Bos (1900-)

Birthday December 10, 1900

• The temperature on December 10, 1900 was about 6.2 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 94%. 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 31 » Datu Muhammad Salleh is killed in Kampung Teboh, Tambunan, ending the Mat Salleh Rebellion.
  • March 13 » British forces occupy Bloemfontein, Orange Free State, during the Second Boer War.
  • May 22 » The Associated Press is formed in New York City as a non-profit news cooperative.
  • June 14 » Hawaii becomes a United States territory.
  • June 18 » Empress Dowager Cixi of China orders all foreigners killed, including foreign diplomats and their families.
  • October 9 » The Cook Islands become a territory of the United Kingdom.

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• 1903 » Una Merkel, American actress († 1986)
• 1904 » Antonín Novotný, Czechoslovak politician, President of Czechoslovak Socialist Republic, General Secretary of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia († 1975)
• 1906 » Harold Adamson, American lyricist († 1980)
• 1906 » Jules Ladoumègue, French runner († 1973)
• 1907 » Rumer Godden, English author and poet († 1998)