Family tree Crapts » Frederik Petrus Valk (1900-)

Birthday November 16, 1900

• The temperature on November 16, 1900 was about 7.4 °C. The airpressure was 74 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 94%. 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 6 » Second Boer War: Having already besieged the fortress at Ladysmith, Boer forces attack it, but are driven back by British defenders.
  • March 7 » The German liner SSKaiser Wilhelm der Grosse becomes the first ship to send wireless signals to shore.
  • March 14 » The Gold Standard Act is ratified, placing the United States currency on the gold standard.
  • June 9 » Indian nationalist Birsa Munda dies of cholera in a British prison.
  • August 3 » The Firestone Tire and Rubber Company is founded.

Source: Wikipedia

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• 1897 » Choudhry Rahmat Ali, Indian-Pakistani academic († 1951)
• 1899 » Mary Margaret McBride, American radio host († 1976)
• 1900 » Eliška Junková, Czechoslovakian race car driver († 1994)