Pedigree of Tintelen » Adriana van Keulen (1900-)

Birthday September 25, 1900

• The temperature on September 25, 1900 was about 14.4 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 67%. 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 23 » Second Boer War: The Battle of Spion Kop between the forces of the South African Republic and the Orange Free State and British forces ends in a British defeat.
  • February 7 » Second Boer War: British troops fail in their third attempt to lift the Siege of Ladysmith.
  • February 28 » The Second Boer War: The 118-day "Siege of Ladysmith" is lifted.
  • March 24 » Mayor of New York City Robert Anderson Van Wyck breaks ground for a new underground "Rapid Transit Railroad" that would link Manhattan and Brooklyn.
  • May 23 » American Civil War: Sergeant William Harvey Carney is awarded the Medal of Honor for his heroism in the Assault on the Battery Wagner in 1863.
  • July 19 » The first line of the Paris Métro opens for operation.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1897 » William Faulkner, American novelist and short story writer, Nobel Prize laureate († 1962)
• 1898 » Robert Brackman, Ukrainian-American painter and educator († 1980)
• 1899 » Udumalai Narayana Kavi, Indian poet and songwriter († 1981)
• 1900 » Artur Sirk, Estonian soldier, lawyer, and politician († 1937)
• 1901 » Gordon Coventry, Australian footballer († 1968)
• 1901 » Robert Bresson, French director and screenwriter († 1999)