Kramer Family Tree » Karl Johan Kristiansen (1900-1917)

Birthday February 1, 1900

• The temperature on February 1, 1900 was about -2.7 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 83%. 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 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.
  • May 24 » Second Boer War: The United Kingdom annexes the Orange Free State.
  • 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 » The first Zeppelin flight takes place on Lake Constance near Friedrichshafen, Germany.
  • July 27 » Kaiser Wilhelm II makes a speech comparing Germans to Huns; for years afterwards, "Hun" would be a disparaging name for Germans.
  • December 14 » Quantum mechanics: Max Planck presents a theoretical derivation of his black-body radiation law.

Source: Wikipedia

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• 1898 » Leila Denmark, American pediatrician and author († 2012)
• 1901 » Clark Gable, American actor († 1960)
• 1901 » Frank Buckles, American soldier († 2011)
• 1902 » Langston Hughes, American poet, social activist, novelist, and playwright († 1967)
• 1902 » Therese Brandl, German concentration camp guard († 1947)