Family tree Kuckulus » Jacobus van der Klijn (1900-)

Birthday June 18, 1900

• The temperature on June 18, 1900 was about 18.7 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 67%. 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.
  • May 23 » American Civil War: Sergeant William Harvey Carney is awarded the Medal of Honor for his heroism in the Assault on the Battery Wagner in 1863.
  • July 9 » The Governor of Shanxi province in North China orders the execution of 45 foreign Christian missionaries and local church members, including children.
  • July 27 » Kaiser Wilhelm II makes a speech comparing Germans to Huns; for years afterwards, "Hun" would be a disparaging name for Germans.
  • August 14 » The Eight-Nation Alliance occupies Beijing, China, in a campaign to end the bloody Boxer Rebellion in China.
  • November 7 » The People's Party is founded in Cuba.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1897 » Martti Marttelin, Finnish runner († 1940)
• 1900 » Vlasta Vraz, Czech-American relief worker, editor, and fundraiser († 1989)
• 1901 » Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna of Russia († 1918)
• 1901 » Llewellyn Rees, English actor († 1994)
• 1902 » Louis Alter, American musician († 1980)
• 1902 » Paavo Yrjölä, Finnish decathlete († 1980)