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Birthday January 14, 1900

• The temperature on January 14, 1900 was about -5.1 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 98%. 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.
  • March 16 » Sir Arthur Evans purchased the land around the ruins of Knossos, the largest Bronze Age archaeological site on Crete.
  • April 14 » The Exposition Universelle begins.
  • May 29 » N'Djamena is founded as Fort-Lamy by the French commander Émile Gentil.
  • June 20 » Baron Eduard Toll, leader of the Russian Polar Expedition of 1900, departs Saint Petersburg in Russia on the explorer ship Zarya, never to return.
  • July 2 » Jean Sibelius' Finlandia receives its première performance in Helsinki with the Helsinki Philharmonic Society conducted by Robert Kajanus.
  • July 29 » In Italy, King Umberto I of Italy is assassinated by the anarchist Gaetano Bresci.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1896 » John Dos Passos, American novelist, poet, and playwright († 1970)
• 1897 » Hasso von Manteuffel, German general and politician († 1978)
• 1899 » Carlos P. Romulo, Filipino soldier and politician, President of the United Nations General Assembly († 1985)
• 1901 » Alfred Tarski, Polish-American mathematician and philosopher († 1983)
• 1901 » Bebe Daniels, American actress († 1971)
• 1904 » Cecil Beaton, English photographer, painter, and costume designer († 1980)