Family tree Van Lijf (Maastricht e.o.) » Johannes Arnoldus Hubertus Claessens (1900-)

Birthday November 20, 1900

• The temperature on November 20, 1900 was about 5.9 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 90%. 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.
  • March 13 » British forces occupy Bloemfontein, Orange Free State, during the Second Boer War.
  • June 5 » Second Boer War: British soldiers take Pretoria.
  • July 27 » Kaiser Wilhelm II makes a speech comparing Germans to Huns; for years afterwards, "Hun" would be a disparaging name for Germans.
  • October 19 » Max Planck discovers Planck's law of black-body radiation.
  • December 19 » Hopetoun Blunder: The first Governor-General of Australia John Hope, 7th Earl of Hopetoun, appoints Sir William Lyne premier of the new state of New South Wales, but he is unable to persuade other colonial politicians to join his government and is forced to resign.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1898 » Richmond Landon, American high jumper († 1971)
• 1899 » Alicja Kotowska, Polish nun († 1939)
• 1900 » Chester Gould, American cartoonist and author, created Dick Tracy († 1985)
• 1900 » Florieda Batson, American hurdler, captain of the United States team at the 1922 Women's Olympics († 1996)
• 1900 » Helen Bradley, English painter († 1979)
• 1901 » José Leandro Andrade, Uruguayan footballer († 1957)