Family tree Zuiderwijk en Drost » Gerrit Jan Wassink (1900-)

Birthday March 10, 1900

• The temperature on March 10, 1900 was about 5.4 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 80%. 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 24 » Second Boer War: Boers stop a British attempt to break the Siege of Ladysmith in the Battle of Spion Kop.
  • February 7 » Second Boer War: British troops fail in their third attempt to lift the Siege of Ladysmith.
  • 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 » Second Boer War: British troops relieve Mafeking.
  • 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.
  • June 5 » Second Boer War: British soldiers take Pretoria.

Source: Wikipedia

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• 1900 » Violet Brown, Jamaican supercentenarian, oldest Jamaican ever († 2017)
• 1901 » Michel Seuphor, Belgian painter († 1999)
• 1903 » Bix Beiderbecke, American cornet player, pianist, and composer († 1931)
• 1903 » Clare Boothe Luce, American playwright, journalist, and diplomat, United States Ambassador to Italy († 1987)
• 1903 » Edward Bawden, British artist and illustrator († 1989)