Family tree Jacobs » Wilhelmus Johannes Rijnbout (1900-)

Birthday March 16, 1900

• The temperature on March 16, 1900 was about 4.4 °C. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 59%. 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 24 » Second Boer War: Boers stop a British attempt to break the Siege of Ladysmith in the Battle of Spion Kop.
  • January 31 » Datu Muhammad Salleh is killed in Kampung Teboh, Tambunan, ending the Mat Salleh Rebellion.
  • 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.
  • May 17 » The children's novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum, is first published in the United States. The first copy is given to the author's sister.
  • October 19 » Max Planck discovers Planck's law of black-body radiation.

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• 1897 » Antonio Donghi, Italian painter († 1963)
• 1897 » Conrad Nagel, American actor († 1970)
• 1900 » Cyril Hume, American novelist († 1966)
• 1900 » Mencha Karnicheva, Macedonian revolutionary and assassin († 1964)
• 1901 » Alexis Chantraine, Belgian footballer († 1987)
• 1903 » Mike Mansfield, American politician and diplomat, 22nd United States Ambassador to Japan († 2001)