Family tree Van Dijk » Anna Antonia Doorakkers (1900-)

Birthday January 25, 1900

• The temperature on January 25, 1900 was about 5.3 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 92%. 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 16 » The United States Senate accepts the Anglo-German treaty of 1899 in which the United Kingdom renounces its claims to the Samoan islands.
  • April 2 » The United States Congress passes the Foraker Act, giving Puerto Rico limited self-rule.
  • June 17 » Boxer Rebellion: Western Allied and Japanese forces capture the Taku Forts in Tianjin, China.
  • June 18 » Empress Dowager Cixi of China orders all foreigners killed, including foreign diplomats and their families.
  • June 20 » Baron Eduard Toll, leader of the Russian Polar Expedition of 1900, departs Saint Petersburg in Russia on the explorer ship Zarya, never to return.
  • June 20 » Boxer Rebellion: The Imperial Chinese Army begins a 55-day siege of the Legation Quarter in Beijing, China.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1899 » Paul-Henri Spaak, Belgian lawyer and politician, 46th Prime Minister of Belgium († 1972)
• 1899 » Sleepy John Estes, American singer-songwriter and guitarist († 1977)
• 1900 » István Fekete, Hungarian author († 1970)
• 1900 » Theodosius Dobzhansky, Ukrainian geneticist and pioneer of evolutionary biology († 1975)
• 1900 » Yōjirō Ishizaka, Japanese author and educator († 1986)
• 1901 » Martín de Álzaga, Argentinian race car driver and pilot († 1982)