Family tree Van Rijn » Alida Maria Boon (1900-)

Birthday March 30, 1900

• The temperature on March 30, 1900 was about 7.8 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 58%. 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.
  • March 16 » Sir Arthur Evans purchased the land around the ruins of Knossos, the largest Bronze Age archaeological site on Crete.
  • April 2 » The United States Congress passes the Foraker Act, giving Puerto Rico limited self-rule.
  • May 18 » The United Kingdom proclaims a protectorate over Tonga.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • July 2 » Jean Sibelius' Finlandia receives its première performance in Helsinki with the Helsinki Philharmonic Society conducted by Robert Kajanus.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1895 » Jean Giono, French author and poet († 1970)
• 1899 » Sharadindu Bandyopadhyay, Indian author, playwright, and screenwriter († 1970)
• 1902 » Brooke Astor, American socialite and philanthropist († 2007)
• 1902 » Ted Heath, English trombonist and composer († 1969)
• 1903 » Joy Ridderhof, American missionary († 1984)
• 1904 » Ripper Collins, American baseball player and coach († 1970)