Ancestors Morel - Van Peperstraten » Levenloos Kind van Peperstraten (1900-)

Birthday February 2, 1900

• The temperature on February 2, 1900 was about -2.3 °C. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 85%. 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 23 » Second Boer War: During the Battle of the Tugela Heights, the first British attempt to take Hart's Hill fails.
  • May 17 » Second Boer War: British troops relieve Mafeking.
  • May 22 » The Associated Press is formed in New York City as a non-profit news cooperative.
  • 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.
  • September 8 » Galveston hurricane: A powerful hurricane hits Galveston, Texas killing about 8,000 people.
  • December 14 » Quantum mechanics: Max Planck presents a theoretical derivation of his black-body radiation law.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1897 » Howard Deering Johnson, American businessman, founded Howard Johnson's († 1972)
• 1900 » Anni Frind, German lyric soprano († 1987)
• 1900 » Willie Kamm, American baseball player and manager († 1988)
• 1901 » Jascha Heifetz, Lithuanian-born American violinist and educator († 1987)
• 1902 » John Tonkin, Australian politician, 20th Premier of Western Australia († 1995)
• 1902 » Newbold Morris, American lawyer and politician († 1966)