Descendants Diekema » Jan Zweers (1901-)

Birthday December 22, 1901

• The temperature on December 22, 1901 was between -0.2 °C and 1.6 °C and averaged 0.7 °C. 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 Netherlands , there was from August 1, 1901 to August 16, 1905 the cabinet Kuijper, with Dr. A. Kuijper (AR) as prime minister.
• In the year 1901: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.2 million citizens.
  • February 20 » The legislature of Hawaii Territory convenes for the first time.
  • August 28 » Silliman University is founded in the Philippines. It is the first American private school in the country.
  • September 2 » Vice President of the United States Theodore Roosevelt utters the famous phrase, "Speak softly and carry a big stick" at the Minnesota State Fair.
  • September 28 » Philippine–American War: Filipino guerrillas kill more than forty American soldiers while losing 28 of their own.
  • November 18 » Britain and the United States sign the Hay–Pauncefote Treaty, which nullifies the Clayton–Bulwer Treaty and withdraws British objections to an American-controlled canal in Panama.
  • November 27 » The U.S. Army War College is established.

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• 1898 » Vladimir Fock, Russian physicist and mathematician († 1974)
• 1899 » Gustaf Gründgens, German actor and director († 1963)
• 1900 » Marc Allégret, French director and screenwriter († 1973)
• 1901 » Andre Kostelanetz, Russian-American conductor and composer († 1980)
• 1903 » Haldan Keffer Hartline, American physiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1983)
• 1905 » Pierre Brasseur, French-Italian actor and screenwriter († 1972)