Family tree Lobé en verwanten. » Leo Albertus Fredericus Siepman (1900-)

Birthday March 22, 1900

• The temperature on March 22, 1900 was about 4.7 °C. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 82%. 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 24 » Second Boer War: Boers stop a British attempt to break the Siege of Ladysmith in the Battle of Spion Kop.
  • May 24 » Second Boer War: The United Kingdom annexes the Orange Free State.
  • 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 5 » Second Boer War: British soldiers take Pretoria.
  • June 21 » Boxer Rebellion. China formally declares war on the United States, Britain, Germany, France and Japan, as an edict issued from the Empress Dowager Cixi.
  • July 2 » The first Zeppelin flight takes place on Lake Constance near Friedrichshafen, Germany.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1896 » He Long, Chinese general and politician, 1st Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China († 1969)
• 1899 » Ruth Page, American ballerina and choreographer († 1991)
• 1901 » Greta Kempton, Austrian-American painter († 1991)
• 1902 » Johannes Brinkman, Dutch architect, designed the Van Nelle Factory († 1949)
• 1902 » Madeleine Milhaud, French actress and composer († 2008)
• 1903 » Bill Holman, American cartoonist († 1987)