Family tree Van Willigen » Evert Wilhelm Kuijper (1900-)

Birthday January 30, 1900

• The temperature on January 30, 1900 was about 1.3 °C. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 89%. 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.
  • February 27 » Second Boer War: In South Africa, British military leaders receive an unconditional notice of surrender from Boer General Piet Cronjé at the Battle of Paardeberg.
  • April 2 » The United States Congress passes the Foraker Act, giving Puerto Rico limited self-rule.
  • April 15 » Philippine–American War: Filipino guerrillas launch a surprise attack on U.S. infantry and begin a four-day siege of Catubig, Philippines.
  • May 17 » The children's novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum, is first published in the United States. The first copy is given to the author's sister.
  • October 19 » Max Planck discovers Planck's law of black-body radiation.

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• 1889 » Jaishankar Prasad, Indian poet and playwright († 1937)
• 1899 » Max Theiler, South African-American virologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1972)
• 1900 » Martita Hunt, Argentine-born British actress († 1969)
• 1901 » Rudolf Caracciola, German race car driver († 1959)
• 1902 » Nikolaus Pevsner, German-English historian and scholar († 1983)
• 1910 » Chidambaram Subramaniam, Indian lawyer and politician, Indian Minister of Defence († 2000)