Family tree Klavers » Harm Mulder (1900-)

Birthday January 21, 1900

• The temperature on January 21, 1900 was about 4.4 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 98%. 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 7 » A Chinese immigrant in San Francisco falls ill to bubonic plague in the first plague epidemic in the continental United States.
  • 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.
  • February 28 » The Second Boer War: The 118-day "Siege of Ladysmith" is lifted.
  • March 7 » The German liner SSKaiser Wilhelm der Grosse becomes the first ship to send wireless signals to shore.
  • April 15 » Philippine–American War: Filipino guerrillas launch a surprise attack on U.S. infantry and begin a four-day siege of Catubig, Philippines.
  • June 14 » Hawaii becomes a United States territory.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1899 » Gyula Mándi, Hungarian footballer and manager († 1969)
• 1899 » John Bodkin Adams, British general practitioner and convict († 1983)
• 1900 » Anselm Franz, Austrian engineer († 1994)
• 1900 » Bernhard Rensch, German evolutionary biologist († 1990)
• 1900 » Elof Ahrle, Swedish actor and director († 1965)
• 1900 » Fernando Quiroga Palacios, Spanish Cardinal († 1971)