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.
  • February 6 » The Permanent Court of Arbitration, an international arbitration court at The Hague, is created when the Senate of the Netherlands ratifies an 1899 peace conference decree.
  • April 2 » The United States Congress passes the Foraker Act, giving Puerto Rico limited self-rule.
  • 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.
  • 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 9 » The Cook Islands become a territory of the United Kingdom.
  • October 19 » Max Planck discovers Planck's law of black-body radiation.

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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)