Family tree Weening » Doeke Feikes Wielsma (1900-)

Birthday October 26, 1900

• The temperature on October 26, 1900 was about 9.3 °C. The airpressure was 74 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 96%. 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 31 » Datu Muhammad Salleh is killed in Kampung Teboh, Tambunan, ending the Mat Salleh Rebellion.
  • February 7 » A Chinese immigrant in San Francisco falls ill to bubonic plague in the first plague epidemic in the continental United States.
  • June 17 » Boxer Rebellion: Western Allied and Japanese forces capture the Taku Forts in Tianjin, China.
  • June 18 » Empress Dowager Cixi of China orders all foreigners killed, including foreign diplomats and their families.
  • June 21 » Boxer Rebellion. China formally declares war on the United States, Britain, Germany, France and Japan, as an edict issued from the Empress Dowager Cixi.
  • July 29 » In Italy, King Umberto I of Italy is assassinated by the anarchist Gaetano Bresci.

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• 1899 » Judy Johnson, American baseball player and coach († 1989)
• 1900 » Ibrahim Abboud, Sudanese politician and general, 1st President of Sudan († 1983)
• 1900 » Karin Boye, Swedish poet and novelist († 1941)
• 1902 » Beryl Markham, Kenyan horse trainer and author († 1986)
• 1902 » Henrietta Hill Swope, American astronomer and academic († 1980)
• 1902 » Jack Sharkey, American boxer and referee († 1994)