About the day » Tuesday December 18, 1900Calender converter

• Aaltje SLAGTER, Ansen, gemeente Ruinen († 1901)
• Aaltie Slagter, Ansen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1901)
• Aaltje Weerman, Noord Barge († 1991)
• Adriana van Esveld, den haag
• Adriana van Esveld, Den Haag
• Anna Elisabeth CLAES, Sint-Lenaarts, Brecht, Province of Antwerp (Middle Brabant), Belgium († 1971)
• Alphons Devoet († 1968)
• Alfons Alois De Bock, Vrasene, Beveren, Oost-Vlaanderen, België († 1941)
• Alice LOOTENS, Gistel Belgie († 1987)
• Engelenberg

• Arie Gijsbertus Hofman (0), Waddinxveen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antje Frederiksd BAAN (76), Opperdoes, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltje Enting (72), Annen
• Antje Baan (76), Opperdoes
• Adriana Schikhof (56), Schiedam,-
• Koets (0), Kortgene
• * Cornelis Wansleven (82), Lexmond
• Adrianus Maria Baeten (15), Alphen en Riel
• Aaltje Staal (77), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aafke Doedes de Haas (83), Ferwerd

• 1890 » Edwin Howard Armstrong, American engineer, invented FM radio († 1954)
• 1896 » Gerald Barry, English colonel and cricketer († 1977)
• 1897 » Fletcher Henderson, American pianist and composer († 1952)
• 1899 » Peter Wessel Zapffe, Norwegian philosopher and author († 1990)
• 1904 » George Stevens, American director, producer, screenwriter, and cinematographer († 1975)
• 1907 » Bill Holland, American race car driver († 1984)
• 1907 » Lawrence Lucie, American guitarist and educator († 2009)
• 1908 » Celia Johnson, English actress († 1982)
• 1908 » Paul Siple, American geographer and explorer († 1969)
• 1910 » Abe Burrows, American author, playwright, and director († 1985)

• 1864 » José Justo Corro, Mexican politician and president, (1836-1837) (b. 1794)
• 1869 » Louis Moreau Gottschalk, American pianist and composer (b. 1829)
• 1880 » Michel Chasles, French mathematician and academic (b. 1793)
• 1892 » Richard Owen, English biologist, anatomist, and paleontologist (b. 1804)
• 1919 » John Alcock, English captain and pilot (b. 1892)
• 1922 » Sir Carl Meyer, 1st Baronet, German-English banker and businessman (b. 1851)
• 1925 » Hamo Thornycroft, English sculptor and academic (b. 1850)
• 1932 » Eduard Bernstein, German theorist and politician (b. 1850)
• 1936 » Andrija Mohorovičić, Croatian meteorologist and seismologist (b. 1857)
• 1939 » Ernest Lawson, Canadian-American painter (b. 1873)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Willem
6. Pieter
7. Gerrit
8. Petrus
9. Jacob
10. Jacobus
11. Adrianus
12. Arie
13. Dirk
14. Gerardus
15. Wilhelmus
16. Hendrikus

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Elisabeth
6. Wilhelmina
7. Adriana
8. Hendrika
9. Catharina
10. Grietje
11. Jacoba
12. Geertruida
13. Petronella
14. Neeltje
15. Aaltje
16. Trijntje

• 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 6 » Second Boer War: Having already besieged the fortress at Ladysmith, Boer forces attack it, but are driven back by British defenders.
• 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 7 » The German liner SSKaiser Wilhelm der Grosse becomes the first ship to send wireless signals to shore.
• April 15 » Philippine–American War: Filipino guerrillas launch a surprise attack on U.S. infantry and begin a four-day siege of Catubig, Philippines.
• May 1 » The Scofield Mine disaster kills over 200 men in Scofield, Utah in what is to date the fifth-worst mining accident in United States history.
• August 3 » The Firestone Tire and Rubber Company is founded.

The temperature on December 18, 1900 was about 3.0 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 90%.