Family tree of Spijk and her many ancestors » Johannes Kouwenberg (1900-< 1901)

Birthday September 27, 1900

• The temperature on September 27, 1900 was about 12.2 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 72%. 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 31 » Datu Muhammad Salleh is killed in Kampung Teboh, Tambunan, ending the Mat Salleh Rebellion.
  • February 23 » Second Boer War: During the Battle of the Tugela Heights, the first British attempt to take Hart's Hill fails.
  • 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 14 » The Exposition Universelle begins.
  • June 9 » Indian nationalist Birsa Munda dies of cholera in a British prison.
  • September 13 » Filipino insurgents defeat a small American column in the Battle of Pulang Lupa, during the Philippine–American War.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1895 » Woolf Barnato, English race car driver and financier († 1948)
• 1896 » Gilbert Ashton, English cricketer († 1981)
• 1896 » Sam Ervin, American soldier and politician († 1985)
• 1898 » Vincent Youmans, American composer and producer († 1946)
• 1904 » Edvard Kocbek, Slovenian poet and politician († 1981)
• 1905 » Conrad Heidkamp, German footballer and manager († 1994)