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 16 » The United States Senate accepts the Anglo-German treaty of 1899 in which the United Kingdom renounces its claims to the Samoan islands.
  • February 23 » Second Boer War: During the Battle of the Tugela Heights, the first British attempt to take Hart's Hill fails.
  • March 7 » The German liner SSKaiser Wilhelm der Grosse becomes the first ship to send wireless signals to shore.
  • March 13 » British forces occupy Bloemfontein, Orange Free State, during the Second Boer War.
  • July 9 » The Governor of Shanxi province in North China orders the execution of 45 foreign Christian missionaries and local church members, including children.
  • July 27 » Kaiser Wilhelm II makes a speech comparing Germans to Huns; for years afterwards, "Hun" would be a disparaging name for Germans.

Source: Wikipedia

• 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)