Stamboom familie Leenen te Sint-Truiden België » Anette Emélie Pire (1900-)

Birthday September 18, 1900

• The temperature on September 18, 1900 was about 24.4 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 65%. 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 » Second Boer War: In South Africa, British military leaders receive an unconditional notice of surrender from Boer General Piet Cronjé at the Battle of Paardeberg.
  • March 18 » AFC Ajax Amsterdam, The Netherlands's biggest and most successful football club, was founded.
  • April 5 » Archaeologists in Knossos, Crete, discover a large cache of clay tablets with hieroglyphic writing in a script they call Linear B.
  • May 29 » N'Djamena is founded as Fort-Lamy by the French commander Émile Gentil.
  • June 5 » Second Boer War: British soldiers take Pretoria.
  • 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.

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• 1897 » Pablo Sorozábal, Spanish composer and conductor († 1988)
• 1900 » Seewoosagur Ramgoolam, Mauritian philanthropist and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Mauritius († 1985)
• 1900 » Willis Laurence James, American violinist and educator († 1966)
• 1901 » Harold Clurman, American director and producer († 1980)
• 1904 » Bun Cook, Canadian ice hockey player and coach († 1988)
• 1904 » Jose de Rivera, American soldier and sculptor († 1985)