Family tree Kuiper, Zantingh, Bijkerk » Aart Jan Zoerink (1900-)

Birthday March 14, 1900

• The temperature on March 14, 1900 was about 5.4 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 62%. 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 2 » American statesman and diplomat John Hay announces the Open Door Policy to promote trade with China.
  • March 16 » Sir Arthur Evans purchased the land around the ruins of Knossos, the largest Bronze Age archaeological site on Crete.
  • 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.
  • June 14 » Hawaii becomes a United States territory.
  • June 20 » Baron Eduard Toll, leader of the Russian Polar Expedition of 1900, departs Saint Petersburg in Russia on the explorer ship Zarya, never to return.
  • October 9 » The Cook Islands become a territory of the United Kingdom.

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• 1898 » Reginald Marsh, French-American painter and illustrator († 1954)
• 1899 » K. C. Irving, Canadian businessman, founded Irving Oil († 1992)
• 1901 » Sid Atkinson, South African hurdler and long jumper († 1977)
• 1903 » Adolph Gottlieb, American painter and sculptor († 1974)
• 1904 » Doris Eaton Travis, American actress and dancer († 2010)
• 1905 » Raymond Aron, French journalist, sociologist, and philosopher († 1983)