Family tree Van 't Veld » Agnes Maria Hubertina (1900-)

Birthday March 21, 1900

• The temperature on March 21, 1900 was about 5.1 °C. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 92%. 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.
  • February 27 » The British Labour Party is founded.
  • May 17 » Second Boer War: British troops relieve Mafeking.
  • May 22 » The Associated Press is formed in New York City as a non-profit news cooperative.
  • June 18 » Empress Dowager Cixi of China orders all foreigners killed, including foreign diplomats and their families.
  • August 14 » The Eight-Nation Alliance occupies Beijing, China, in a campaign to end the bloody Boxer Rebellion in China.
  • October 19 » Max Planck discovers Planck's law of black-body radiation.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1896 » Friedrich Waismann, Austrian mathematician, physicist, and philosopher from the Vienna Circle († 1959)
• 1897 » Salvador Lutteroth, Mexican wrestling promoter, founded Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre († 1987)
• 1897 » Sim Gokkes, Dutch composer and conductor († 1943)
• 1899 » Panagiotis Pipinelis, Greek politician, Prime Minister of Greece († 1970)
• 1901 » Karl Arnold, German businessman and politician, President of the German Bundesrat († 1958)
• 1902 » Son House, American blues singer-songwriter and guitarist († 1988)