Family tree Vlastra » Cornelis Bijlenga (1900-)

Birthday October 8, 1900

• The temperature on October 8, 1900 was about 11.3 °C. The airpressure was 77 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 6 » Second Boer War: Having already besieged the fortress at Ladysmith, Boer forces attack it, but are driven back by British defenders.
  • January 16 » The United States Senate accepts the Anglo-German treaty of 1899 in which the United Kingdom renounces its claims to the Samoan islands.
  • February 28 » The Second Boer War: The 118-day "Siege of Ladysmith" is lifted.
  • April 30 » Hawaii becomes a territory of the United States, with Sanford B. Dole as governor.
  • 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.
  • May 26 » Thousand Days' War: The Colombian Conservative Party turns the tide of war in their favor with victory against the Colombian Liberal Party in the Battle of Palonegro.

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• 1896 » Julien Duvivier, French director, producer, and screenwriter († 1967)
• 1897 » Marcel Herrand, French actor († 1953)
• 1897 » Rouben Mamoulian, Georgian-American director and screenwriter († 1987)
• 1901 » Eivind Groven, Norwegian composer and theorist († 1977)
• 1901 » Mark Oliphant, Australian physicist, humanitarian and politician, Governor of South Australia († 2000)
• 1903 » Georgy Geshev, Bulgarian chess player († 1937)