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October 15, 1900
Died on Tuesday October 16, 1900
- Arnoldus Leonardus van Boxtel (1), Oss, Noord Brabant, Nederland
- Andriesje Hollander (65), Emmer Compascuum
- Aafje Petronella Klous, Driehuis
- Benjamin F Logan (71), Greene, Missouri, United States
- Bernard Dircken (86), Diepenbeek
- Anna Meijer (49), Oude Pekela
- Petrus Bloks (1), Heesch
- Jan Harkes Blaam (66), Leeuwarderadeel
- Adriana Dietvorst (37), Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
- Aagje Boon (47), Rotterdam
Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from October 16, 1900 at Delpher
Born on October 16
- 1897 » Louis de Cazenave, French soldier († 2008)
- 1898 » William O. Douglas, American lawyer and jurist († 1980)
- 1900 » Edward Ardizzone, Vietnamese-English author and illustrator († 1979)
- 1900 » Goose Goslin, American baseball player and manager († 1971)
- 1900 » Primo Conti, Italian painter and poet († 1988)
- 1903 » Big Joe Williams, American Delta blues singer-songwriter and guitarist († 1982)
- 1903 » Cecile de Brunhoff, French author and pianist († 2003)
- 1904 » Björn Berglund, Swedish actor († 1968)
- 1905 » Ernst Kuzorra, German footballer and manager († 1990)
- 1906 » León Klimovsky, Argentinian actor, director, and screenwriter († 1996)
Died on October 16
- 1877 » Théodore Barrière, French playwright (b. 1823)
- 1888 » John Wentworth, American journalist and politician, 19th Mayor of Chicago (b. 1815)
- 1904 » Haritina Korotkevich, Russian heroine (b. 1882)
- 1908 » Joseph Leycester Lyne, English monk (b. 1837)
- 1909 » Jakub Bart-Ćišinski, German poet and playwright (b. 1856)
- 1913 » Ralph Rose, American shot putter, discus, and hammer thrower (b. 1885)
- 1936 » Effie Adelaide Rowlands, British writer (b. 1859)
- 1937 » Jean de Brunhoff, French poet and playwright (b. 1899)
- 1946 » Nuremberg trial executions of the Main Trial:
- 1947 » Anna B. Eckstein, German peace activist (b. 1868)
Names that were popular for boys in 1900
- Johannes
- Jan
- Cornelis
- Hendrik
- Willem
- Pieter
- Jacobus
- Petrus
- Gerrit
- Adrianus
- Antonius
- Wilhelmus
- Jacob
- Gerardus
- Hendrikus
- Franciscus
Names that were popular for girls in 1900
- Maria
- Johanna
- Cornelia
- Anna
- Elisabeth
- Wilhelmina
- Catharina
- Hendrika
- Adriana
- Petronella
- Jacoba
- Geertruida
- Helena
- Margaretha
- Antonia
- Christina
Source: Wikipedia Historical events 1900
- 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.
- The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
- February 7 » A Chinese immigrant in San Francisco falls ill to bubonic plague in the first plague epidemic in the continental United States.
- February 23 » Second Boer War: During the Battle of the Tugela Heights, the first British attempt to take Hart's Hill fails.
- March 18 » AFC Ajax Amsterdam, The Netherlands's biggest and most successful football club, was founded.
- May 24 » Second Boer War: The United Kingdom annexes the Orange Free State.
- June 5 » Second Boer War: British soldiers take Pretoria.
- August 14 » The Eight-Nation Alliance occupies Beijing, China, in a campaign to end the bloody Boxer Rebellion in China.
The weather on Tuesday October 16, 1900
The temperature on October 16, 1900 was about 7.2 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 82%.
Source: KNMI
Source: KNMI