Family tree Hermsen » Jeltje de Vries (1900-)

Birthday June 19, 1900

• The temperature on June 19, 1900 was about 14.8 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 78%. 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 18 » Second Boer War: Imperial forces suffer their worst single-day loss of life on Bloody Sunday, the first day of the Battle of Paardeberg.
  • April 2 » The United States Congress passes the Foraker Act, giving Puerto Rico limited self-rule.
  • May 17 » The children's novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum, is first published in the United States. The first copy is given to the author's sister.
  • June 9 » Indian nationalist Birsa Munda dies of cholera in a British prison.
  • June 20 » Boxer Rebellion: The Imperial Chinese Army begins a 55-day siege of the Legation Quarter in Beijing, China.
  • September 13 » Filipino insurgents defeat a small American column in the Battle of Pulang Lupa, during the Philippine–American War.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1897 » Cyril Norman Hinshelwood, English chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1967)
• 1897 » Moe Howard, American comedian († 1975)
• 1902 » Guy Lombardo, Canadian-American violinist and bandleader († 1977)
• 1903 » Lou Gehrig, American baseball player († 1941)
• 1903 » Mary Callery, American-French sculptor and academic († 1977)
• 1903 » Wally Hammond, English cricketer and coach († 1965)