Family tree Van Willigen » Jacobus "Jaap" van Willigen (1900-)

Birthday May 25, 1900

• The temperature on May 25, 1900 was about 11.2 °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.
  • February 14 » British forces begin the Battle of the Tugela Heights in an effort to lift the Siege of Ladysmith.
  • April 14 » The Exposition Universelle begins.
  • May 17 » Second Boer War: British troops relieve Mafeking.
  • June 14 » Hawaii becomes a United States territory.
  • August 3 » The Firestone Tire and Rubber Company is founded.
  • August 16 » The Battle of Elands River during the Second Boer War ends after a 13-day siege is lifted by the British. The battle had begun when a force of between 2,000 and 3,000 Boers had surrounded a force of 500 Australians, Rhodesians, Canadians and British soldiers at a supply dump at Brakfontein Drift.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1893 » Ernest "Pop" Stoneman, American country musician († 1968)
• 1897 » Alan Kippax, Australian cricketer († 1972)
• 1897 » Gene Tunney, American boxer and soldier († 1978)
• 1898 » Bennett Cerf, American publisher and television game show panelist; co-founded Random House († 1971)
• 1899 » Kazi Nazrul Islam, Bengali poet, author, and flute player († 1976)
• 1900 » Alain Grandbois, Canadian poet and author († 1975)