Genealogy Spierenburg » Adriana van Belen (1900-)

Birthday October 17, 1900

• The temperature on October 17, 1900 was about 10.2 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 89%. 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 24 » Second Boer War: Boers stop a British attempt to break the Siege of Ladysmith in the Battle of Spion Kop.
  • May 1 » The Scofield Mine disaster kills over 200 men in Scofield, Utah in what is to date the fifth-worst mining accident in United States history.
  • May 29 » N'Djamena is founded as Fort-Lamy by the French commander Émile Gentil.
  • 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.
  • September 17 » Philippine–American War: Filipinos under Juan Cailles defeat Americans under Colonel Benjamin F. Cheatham Jr. at Mabitac.
  • October 19 » Max Planck discovers Planck's law of black-body radiation.

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• 1898 » Eileen Sedgwick, American actress († 1991)
• 1898 » Shinichi Suzuki, Japanese violinist and educator († 1998)
• 1900 » C. C. van Asch van Wijck, Dutch artist and sculptor († 1932)
• 1900 » Jean Arthur, American actress († 1991)
• 1900 » Yvor Winters, American critic and poet († 1968)
• 1901 » Emma Gamboa Alvarado, Costa Rican educator († 1973)