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Birthday March 4, 1900

• The temperature on March 4, 1900 was about -0.9 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 71%. 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.
  • March 18 » AFC Ajax Amsterdam, The Netherlands's biggest and most successful football club, was founded.
  • 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.
  • September 8 » Galveston hurricane: A powerful hurricane hits Galveston, Texas killing about 8,000 people.
  • December 14 » Quantum mechanics: Max Planck presents a theoretical derivation of his black-body radiation law.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1899 » Emilio Prados, Spanish poet and author († 1962)
• 1899 » Peter Illing, Austrian born, British film and television actor († 1966)
• 1900 » Herbert Biberman, American director and screenwriter († 1971)
• 1901 » Charles Goren, American bridge player and author († 1991)
• 1901 » Jean-Joseph Rabearivelo, Malagasy-French author, poet, and playwright († 1937)
• 1901 » Wilbur R. Franks, Canadian scientist, invented the g-suit († 1986)