Family tree Oving » Gerrit SLOETJES (1900-)

Birthday March 21, 1900

• The temperature on March 21, 1900 was about 5.1 °C. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 92%. 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 14 » British forces begin the Battle of the Tugela Heights in an effort to lift the Siege of Ladysmith.
  • February 23 » Second Boer War: During the Battle of the Tugela Heights, the first British attempt to take Hart's Hill fails.
  • March 13 » British forces occupy Bloemfontein, Orange Free State, during the Second Boer War.
  • April 2 » The United States Congress passes the Foraker Act, giving Puerto Rico limited self-rule.
  • June 20 » Baron Eduard Toll, leader of the Russian Polar Expedition of 1900, departs Saint Petersburg in Russia on the explorer ship Zarya, never to return.
  • September 8 » Galveston hurricane: A powerful hurricane hits Galveston, Texas killing about 8,000 people.

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• 1896 » Friedrich Waismann, Austrian mathematician, physicist, and philosopher from the Vienna Circle († 1959)
• 1897 » Salvador Lutteroth, Mexican wrestling promoter, founded Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre († 1987)
• 1897 » Sim Gokkes, Dutch composer and conductor († 1943)
• 1899 » Panagiotis Pipinelis, Greek politician, Prime Minister of Greece († 1970)
• 1901 » Karl Arnold, German businessman and politician, President of the German Bundesrat († 1958)
• 1902 » Son House, American blues singer-songwriter and guitarist († 1988)