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Birthday April 19, 1900

• The temperature on April 19, 1900 was about 14.0 °C. The airpressure was 78 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 63%. 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.
  • February 6 » The Permanent Court of Arbitration, an international arbitration court at The Hague, is created when the Senate of the Netherlands ratifies an 1899 peace conference decree.
  • February 18 » Second Boer War: Imperial forces suffer their worst single-day loss of life on Bloody Sunday, the first day of the Battle of Paardeberg.
  • March 16 » Sir Arthur Evans purchased the land around the ruins of Knossos, the largest Bronze Age archaeological site on Crete.
  • June 14 » Hawaii becomes a United States territory.
  • September 13 » Filipino insurgents defeat a small American column in the Battle of Pulang Lupa, during the Philippine–American War.
  • December 18 » The Upper Ferntree Gully to Gembrook, Victoria Narrow-gauge (2ft 6 in or 762mm) Railway (now the Puffing Billy Railway) in Victoria, Australia is opened for traffic.

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• 1899 » Cemal Tollu, Turkish lieutenant and painter († 1968)
• 1899 » George O'Brien, American actor († 1985)
• 1900 » Iracema de Alencar, Brazilian film actress († 1978)
• 1900 » Rhea Silberta, Yiddish songwriter and singing teacher († 1959)
• 1900 » Richard Hughes, English author, poet, and playwright († 1976)
• 1900 » Roland Michener, Canadian lawyer and politician, 20th Governor General of Canada († 1991)