Family tree Van der Nol(l), Oosterloo, van Spronsen, van der Waart e.d. » Wilhelmus Pieter van den Boom (1900-)

Birthday April 11, 1900

• The temperature on April 11, 1900 was about 9.6 °C. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 84%. 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 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 27 » The British Labour Party is founded.
  • February 28 » The Second Boer War: The 118-day "Siege of Ladysmith" is lifted.
  • March 14 » The Gold Standard Act is ratified, placing the United States currency on the gold standard.
  • June 21 » Boxer Rebellion. China formally declares war on the United States, Britain, Germany, France and Japan, as an edict issued from the Empress Dowager Cixi.
  • August 16 » The Battle of Elands River during the Second Boer War ends after a 13-day siege is lifted by the British. The battle had begun when a force of between 2,000 and 3,000 Boers had surrounded a force of 500 Australians, Rhodesians, Canadians and British soldiers at a supply dump at Brakfontein Drift.

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• 1896 » Léo-Paul Desrosiers, Canadian journalist and author († 1967)
• 1899 » Percy Lavon Julian, African-American chemist and academic († 1975)
• 1900 » Sándor Márai, Hungarian journalist and author († 1989)
• 1903 » Misuzu Kaneko, Japanese poet († 1930)
• 1904 » K. L. Saigal, Indian singer and actor († 1947)
• 1905 » Attila József, Hungarian poet and educator († 1937)