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Christening day March 15, 1905

• The temperature on March 15, 1905 was between 4.5 °C and 11.6 °C and averaged 7.3 °C. There was 1.5 hours of sunshine (13%). The average windspeed was 6 Bft (strong wind) and was prevailing from the south. 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 August 1, 1901 to August 16, 1905 the cabinet Kuijper, with Dr. A. Kuijper (AR) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from August 17, 1905 to February 11, 1908 the cabinet De Meester, with Mr. Th. de Meester (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
• In the year 1905: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.5 million citizens.
  • January 26 » The world's largest diamond ever, the Cullinan weighing 3,106.75 carats (0.621350kg), is found at the Premier Mine near Pretoria in South Africa.
  • April 4 » In India, an earthquake hits the Kangra Valley, killing 20,000, and destroying most buildings in Kangra, McLeod Ganj and Dharamshala.
  • June 7 » Norway's parliament dissolves its union with Sweden. The vote was confirmed by a national plebiscite on August 13 of that year.
  • November 12 » Norway holds a referendum resulting in popular approval of the Storting's decision to authorise the government to make the offer of the throne of the newly independent country.
  • November 18 » Prince Carl of Denmark becomes King Haakon VII of Norway.
  • November 25 » Prince Carl of Denmark arrives in Norway to become King Haakon VII of Norway.

Day of death April 1, 1905

• The temperature on April 1, 1905 was between 2.8 °C and 11.9 °C and averaged 7.6 °C. There was 9.3 hours of sunshine (72%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. 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 August 1, 1901 to August 16, 1905 the cabinet Kuijper, with Dr. A. Kuijper (AR) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from August 17, 1905 to February 11, 1908 the cabinet De Meester, with Mr. Th. de Meester (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
• In the year 1905: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.5 million citizens.
  • April 17 » The Supreme Court of the United States decides Lochner v. New York, which holds that the "right to free contract" is implicit in the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution.
  • September 1 » Alberta and Saskatchewan join the Canadian confederation.
  • September 26 » Albert Einstein publishes the third of his Annus Mirabilis papers, introducing the special theory of relativity.
  • October 30 » Czar Nicholas II issues the October Manifesto, granting the Russian peoples basic civil liberties and the right to form a duma. (October 17 in the Julian calendar)
  • December 9 » In France, the law separating church and state is passed.
  • December 30 » Former Idaho Governor Frank Steunenberg is assassinated at the front gate of his home in Caldwell.

Day of burial April 4, 1905

• The temperature on April 4, 1905 was between -3.3 °C and 11.1 °C and averaged 5.7 °C. There was 5.1 hours of sunshine (39%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. 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 August 1, 1901 to August 16, 1905 the cabinet Kuijper, with Dr. A. Kuijper (AR) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from August 17, 1905 to February 11, 1908 the cabinet De Meester, with Mr. Th. de Meester (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
• In the year 1905: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.5 million citizens.
  • April 17 » The Supreme Court of the United States decides Lochner v. New York, which holds that the "right to free contract" is implicit in the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution.
  • June 27 » During the Russo-Japanese War, sailors start a mutiny aboard the Russian battleship Potemkin.
  • August 13 » Norwegians vote to end the union with Sweden.
  • October 16 » The Partition of Bengal in India takes place.
  • November 18 » Prince Carl of Denmark becomes King Haakon VII of Norway.
  • November 21 » Albert Einstein's paper that leads to the mass–energy equivalence formula, E=mc², is published in the journal Annalen der Physik.

Source: Wikipedia

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