Dreyer Tree » Thomas Frederick Dreyer f2g2 (1900-)

Birthday September 2, 1900

• The temperature on September 2, 1900 was about 13.1 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 81%. 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 6 » Second Boer War: Having already besieged the fortress at Ladysmith, Boer forces attack it, but are driven back by British defenders.
  • January 23 » Second Boer War: The Battle of Spion Kop between the forces of the South African Republic and the Orange Free State and British forces ends in a British defeat.
  • April 30 » Hawaii becomes a territory of the United States, with Sanford B. Dole as governor.
  • June 9 » Indian nationalist Birsa Munda dies of cholera in a British prison.
  • June 25 » The Taoist monk Wang Yuanlu discovers the Dunhuang manuscripts, a cache of ancient texts that are of great historical and religious significance, in the Mogao Caves of Dunhuang, China.
  • October 9 » The Cook Islands become a territory of the United Kingdom.

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• 1894 » Joseph Roth, Austrian journalist and author († 1939)
• 1897 » Fazlollah Zahedi, Iranian general and statesman, 36th Prime Minister of Iran († 1963)
• 1901 » Adolph Rupp, American basketball player and coach († 1977)
• 1901 » Andreas Embirikos, Greek psychoanalyst and poet († 1975)
• 1904 » August Jakobson, Estonian author and politician († 1963)
• 1907 » Pertev Naili Boratav, Turkish author and educator († 1998)