About the day » Saturday December 15, 1900Calender converter

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• Angelo LA PAGLIA, VILLAROSA, Enna, Sicilia, Italia
• Adriana Bosman, Rotterdam († 1990)
• Aartje Trommel, Den Haag († 1940)
• Aartje Trommel, 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1940)
• Albert Hesterman, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1970)
• Albert Martin BARRY, Bingara, New South Wales, Australia († 1979)
• Anna Frederika Kennedy († 1990)
• Andries Bats, Leerdam, Utrecht, Nederland († 1946)
• Anje Vos, Oterdum (gem Delfzijl)

• Antje Vermeulen (51), Vleuten
• Anna Catharina Fehring (86), Rotterdam
• Adrianus ZONNEVELD (76)
• Adriana van Zundert (34), Etten-Leur, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aaltje Groen (59), Zandvoort
• Adriana van Zundert (34), Etten Leur,Etten-Leur,Noord Brabant,Nederland
• Arnoldus Basten (71), Gendt, Gelderland, Netherlands
• Aaltje Broekman (0), Darp gem.Havelte
• Anna Johannes Balk (54), Groningen
• Cijrillus Rombout, Stoppeldijk

• 1892 » J. Paul Getty, American-English businessman and art collector, founded Getty Oil († 1976)
• 1894 » Josef Imbach, Swiss sprinter († 1964)
• 1894 » Vibert Douglas, Canadian astrophysicist and astronomer († 1988)
• 1896 » Betty Smith, American author and playwright († 1972)
• 1899 » Harold Abrahams, English sprinter, lawyer, and journalist († 1978)
• 1902 » Robert F. Bradford, American lawyer and politician, 57th Governor of Massachusetts († 1983)
• 1903 » Tamanishiki San'emon, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 32nd Yokozuna († 1938)
• 1907 » Gordon Douglas, American actor, director, and screenwriter († 1993)
• 1907 » Oscar Niemeyer, Brazilian architect, designed the United Nations Headquarters and the Cathedral of Brasília († 2012)
• 1908 » Swami Ranganathananda, Indian monk, scholar, and author († 2005)

• 1855 » Jacques Charles François Sturm, French mathematician and academic (b. 1803)
• 1878 » Alfred Bird, English chemist and businessman, invented baking powder (b. 1811)
• 1890 » Sitting Bull, Hunkpapa Lakota tribal chief (b. 1831)
• 1943 » Fats Waller, American singer-songwriter and pianist (b. 1904)
• 1944 » Glenn Miller, American bandleader and composer (b. 1904)
• 1947 » Arthur Machen, Welsh journalist and author (b. 1863)
• 1947 » Crawford Vaughan, Australian politician, 27th Premier of South Australia (b. 1874)
• 1950 » Vallabhbhai Patel, Indian lawyer and politician, 1st Deputy Prime Minister of India (b. 1875)
• 1958 » Wolfgang Pauli, Austrian-Swiss physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1900)
• 1962 » Charles Laughton, English-American actor, director, and producer (b. 1899)

• 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.
• January 16 » The United States Senate accepts the Anglo-German treaty of 1899 in which the United Kingdom renounces its claims to the Samoan islands.
• February 14 » British forces begin the Battle of the Tugela Heights in an effort to lift the Siege of Ladysmith.
• May 18 » The United Kingdom proclaims a protectorate over Tonga.
• June 20 » Boxer Rebellion: The Imperial Chinese Army begins a 55-day siege of the Legation Quarter in Beijing, China.
• July 29 » In Italy, King Umberto I of Italy is assassinated by the anarchist Gaetano Bresci.
• September 13 » Filipino insurgents defeat a small American column in the Battle of Pulang Lupa, during the Philippine–American War.

The temperature on December 15, 1900 was about 6.7 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 87%.