Family tree Weening » Gerrit "-" Dillema (1900-)

Birthday October 5, 1900

• The temperature on October 5, 1900 was about 12.5 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 86%. 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.
  • 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 23 » Second Boer War: During the Battle of the Tugela Heights, the first British attempt to take Hart's Hill fails.
  • 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.
  • August 16 » The Battle of Elands River during the Second Boer War ends after a 13-day siege is lifted by the British. The battle had begun when a force of between 2,000 and 3,000 Boers had surrounded a force of 500 Australians, Rhodesians, Canadians and British soldiers at a supply dump at Brakfontein Drift.
  • October 19 » Max Planck discovers Planck's law of black-body radiation.

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• 1898 » Nachum Gutman, Moldovan-Israeli painter and sculptor († 1980)
• 1899 » Elda Anderson, American physicist and health researcher († 1961)
• 1900 » Bing Xin, Chinese author and poet, known for her contributions to children's literature († 1998)
• 1900 » Margherita Bontade, Italian politician († 1992)
• 1901 » John Alton, Austrian-American director and cinematographer († 1996)
• 1902 » Larry Fine, American comedian († 1975)