Family tree Van Luijk » Clasina Maria Borghsteijn (1900-)

Birthday July 13, 1900

• The temperature on July 13, 1900 was about 21.0 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 72%. 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 24 » Second Boer War: Boers stop a British attempt to break the Siege of Ladysmith in the Battle of Spion Kop.
  • March 7 » The German liner SSKaiser Wilhelm der Grosse becomes the first ship to send wireless signals to shore.
  • March 16 » Sir Arthur Evans purchased the land around the ruins of Knossos, the largest Bronze Age archaeological site on Crete.
  • April 14 » The Exposition Universelle begins.
  • May 24 » Second Boer War: The United Kingdom annexes the Orange Free State.
  • 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

• 1896 » Mordecai Ardon, Israeli painter and educator († 1992)
• 1898 » Ivan Triesault, Estonian-born American actor († 1980)
• 1898 » Julius Schreck, German commander († 1936)
• 1900 » George Lewis, American clarinet player and songwriter († 1969)
• 1901 » Eric Portman, English actor († 1969)
• 1903 » Kenneth Clark, English historian and author († 1983)