Family tree Kuijer, Blaricum » Petronella Everdina Maria Kuijer (1900-)

Birthday August 19, 1900

• The temperature on August 19, 1900 was about 18.6 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 98%. 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 27 » The British Labour Party is founded.
  • February 28 » The Second Boer War: The 118-day "Siege of Ladysmith" is lifted.
  • May 22 » The Associated Press is formed in New York City as a non-profit news cooperative.
  • 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 25 » The Taoist monk Wang Yuanlu discovers the Dunhuang manuscripts, a cache of ancient texts that are of great historical and religious significance, in the Mogao Caves of Dunhuang, China.
  • July 9 » The Governor of Shanxi province in North China orders the execution of 45 foreign Christian missionaries and local church members, including children.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1899 » Colleen Moore, American actress († 1988)
• 1900 » Dorothy Burr Thompson, American archaeologist and art historian († 2001)
• 1900 » Gilbert Ryle, English philosopher, author, and academic († 1976)
• 1900 » Gontran de Poncins, French author and adventurer († 1962)
• 1902 » Ogden Nash, American poet († 1971)
• 1903 » James Gould Cozzens, American novelist and short story writer († 1978)