Family tree Menting » Evert Bernardus Weijman (1901-)

Birthday March 30, 1901

• The temperature on March 30, 1901 was between -0.3 °C and 8.2 °C and averaged 4.5 °C. 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 Netherlands , there was from August 1, 1901 to August 16, 1905 the cabinet Kuijper, with Dr. A. Kuijper (AR) as prime minister.
• In the year 1901: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.2 million citizens.
  • March 23 » Emilio Aguinaldo, only President of the First Philippine Republic, was captured at Palanan, Isabela by the forces of General Frederick Funston.
  • May 9 » Australia opens its first national parliament in Melbourne.
  • August 14 » The first claimed powered flight, by Gustave Whitehead in his Number 21.
  • September 17 » Second Boer War: A Boer column defeats a British force at the Battle of Blood River Poort.
  • September 17 » Second Boer War: Boers capture a squadron of the 17th Lancers at the Battle of Elands River.
  • November 8 » Gospel riots: Bloody clashes take place in Athens following the translation of the Gospels into demotic Greek.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1899 » Sharadindu Bandyopadhyay, Indian author, playwright, and screenwriter († 1970)
• 1902 » Brooke Astor, American socialite and philanthropist († 2007)
• 1902 » Ted Heath, English trombonist and composer († 1969)
• 1903 » Joy Ridderhof, American missionary († 1984)
• 1904 » Ripper Collins, American baseball player and coach († 1970)
• 1905 » Archie Birkin, English motorcycle racer († 1927)