Family tree Menting » Wilhelmina Johanna ten Brinke (1900-)

Birthday March 10, 1900

• The temperature on March 10, 1900 was about 5.4 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 80%. 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.
  • January 6 » Second Boer War: Having already besieged the fortress at Ladysmith, Boer forces attack it, but are driven back by British defenders.
  • February 27 » The British Labour Party is founded.
  • March 18 » AFC Ajax Amsterdam, The Netherlands's biggest and most successful football club, was founded.
  • July 9 » The Governor of Shanxi province in North China orders the execution of 45 foreign Christian missionaries and local church members, including children.
  • August 14 » The Eight-Nation Alliance occupies Beijing, China, in a campaign to end the bloody Boxer Rebellion in China.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1900 » Pandelis Pouliopoulos, Greek lawyer and politician († 1943)
• 1900 » Violet Brown, Jamaican supercentenarian, oldest Jamaican ever († 2017)
• 1901 » Michel Seuphor, Belgian painter († 1999)
• 1903 » Bix Beiderbecke, American cornet player, pianist, and composer († 1931)
• 1903 » Clare Boothe Luce, American playwright, journalist, and diplomat, United States Ambassador to Italy († 1987)
• 1903 » Edward Bawden, British artist and illustrator († 1989)