Family tree Van der Linden & Van Liendert » Geertruida Johanna de Groot (1900-)

Birthday June 22, 1900

• The temperature on June 22, 1900 was about 17.2 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 66%. 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 6 » Second Boer War: Having already besieged the fortress at Ladysmith, Boer forces attack it, but are driven back by British defenders.
  • January 16 » The United States Senate accepts the Anglo-German treaty of 1899 in which the United Kingdom renounces its claims to the Samoan islands.
  • February 7 » Second Boer War: British troops fail in their third attempt to lift the Siege of Ladysmith.
  • February 9 » The Davis Cup competition is established.
  • February 18 » Second Boer War: Imperial forces suffer their worst single-day loss of life on Bloody Sunday, the first day of the Battle of Paardeberg.
  • May 29 » N'Djamena is founded as Fort-Lamy by the French commander Émile Gentil.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1898 » Erich Maria Remarque, German-Swiss soldier and author († 1970)
• 1899 » Michał Kalecki, Polish economist and academic († 1970)
• 1899 » Richard Gurley Drew, American engineer, invented Masking tape († 1980)
• 1900 » Oskar Fischinger, German-American abstract artist, filmmaker, and painter († 1967)
• 1901 » Elias Katz, Finnish runner and coach († 1947)
• 1902 » Marguerite De La Motte, American actress († 1950)