Family tree Van der Waal » jannigje den HARTOG (1900-)

Birthday October 20, 1900

• The temperature on October 20, 1900 was about 5.2 °C. The airpressure was 76 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 24 » Second Boer War: Boers stop a British attempt to break the Siege of Ladysmith in the Battle of Spion Kop.
  • February 27 » Second Boer War: In South Africa, British military leaders receive an unconditional notice of surrender from Boer General Piet Cronjé at the Battle of Paardeberg.
  • April 5 » Archaeologists in Knossos, Crete, discover a large cache of clay tablets with hieroglyphic writing in a script they call Linear B.
  • 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.
  • May 24 » Second Boer War: The United Kingdom annexes the Orange Free State.
  • May 26 » Thousand Days' War: The Colombian Conservative Party turns the tide of war in their favor with victory against the Colombian Liberal Party in the Battle of Palonegro.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1897 » Yi Un, South Korean general († 1970)
• 1900 » Ismail al-Azhari, Sudanese politician, 3rd President of Sudan († 1969)
• 1900 » Wayne Morse, American lieutenant, lawyer, and politician († 1974)
• 1901 » Adelaide Hall, American-English singer, actress, and dancer († 1993)
• 1901 » Frank Churchill, American film composer († 1942)
• 1904 » Tommy Douglas, Scottish-Canadian minister and politician, 7th Premier of Saskatchewan († 1986)