About the day » Tuesday April 17, 1900Calender converter

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• Adriana Kok, De Lier (ZH-NLD) († 1959)
• Aaltje van der Molen, Oldekerk, Nederland († 1902)
• Abram Cornelis BREUR, Sommelsdijk, ZH, Nederland († 1988)
• Adam Oswald Kern, Frankenmuth, Michigan (USA) († 1988)
• Albert Jans de Weerd, Leggeloo (Dwingeloo)
• Aalt Frederiksen, Putten
• Alfred Horacio "The Lying Miller" Miller Sr., Camden, Knox County, Maine, United States of America († 1973)
• Adèle Baart de la Faille, Hoogwoud,Gemeente Opmeer,North Holland,Netherlands († 1910)
• Alida Maria Antonia Putters, Schiedam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1962)

• Adriana de le Nobel (17), Leiden
• ALBERTUS VAN DELDEN (64), HET LOO (GEMEENTE APELDOORN)
• Arie de Ruiter (41), Arnhem, Gelderland, Nederland
• Antonius Petrus Hubertus PRINZEN (47), Helmond, 3703, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Arie van der Wilde (70), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Albertus van Delden (64), Het Loo (Apeldoorn)
• Lijten (0), Gerwen (Noord-Brabant, NLD)
• Adriana le Nobel (17), Leiden
• Adriana van Rooij (72), Esch (NB, NLD)
• Aartje Ruijter (67), Blaricum

• 1895 » Robert Dean Frisbie, American soldier and author († 1948)
• 1896 » Señor Wences, Spanish-American ventriloquist († 1999)
• 1897 » Edouard Wyss-Dunant, Swiss physician and mountaineer († 1983)
• 1897 » Nisargadatta Maharaj, Indian philosopher and educator († 1981)
• 1897 » Thornton Wilder, American novelist and playwright († 1975)
• 1899 » Aleksander Klumberg, Estonian decathlete and coach († 1958)
• 1903 » Gregor Piatigorsky, Ukrainian-American cellist and educator († 1976)
• 1903 » Morgan Taylor, American hurdler and coach († 1975)
• 1903 » Nicolas Nabokov, Russian-American composer and educator († 1978)
• 1905 » Louis Jean Heydt, American journalist and actor († 1960)

• 1882 » George Jennings, English engineer and plumber, invented the Flush toilet (b. 1810)
• 1888 » E. G. Squier, American archaeologist and journalist (b. 1821)
• 1892 » Alexander Mackenzie, Scottish-Canadian journalist and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1822)
• 1921 » Manwel Dimech, Maltese journalist, author, and philosopher (b. 1860)
• 1923 » Laurence Ginnell, Irish lawyer and politician (b. 1852)
• 1930 » Alexander Golovin, Russian painter and stage designer (b. 1863)
• 1933 » Kote Marjanishvili, Georgian director and playwright (b. 1872)
• 1936 » Charles Ruijs de Beerenbrouck, Dutch lawyer and politician, 28th Prime Minister of the Netherlands (b. 1873)
• 1942 » Jean Baptiste Perrin, French-American physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1870)
• 1944 » J. T. Hearne, English cricketer and coach (b. 1867)

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 24 » Second Boer War: Boers stop a British attempt to break the Siege of Ladysmith in the Battle of Spion Kop.
• February 28 » The Second Boer War: The 118-day "Siege of Ladysmith" is lifted.
• April 30 » Hawaii becomes a territory of the United States, with Sanford B. Dole as governor.
• July 29 » In Italy, King Umberto I of Italy is assassinated by the anarchist Gaetano Bresci.
• August 14 » The Eight-Nation Alliance occupies Beijing, China, in a campaign to end the bloody Boxer Rebellion in China.
• October 9 » The Cook Islands become a territory of the United Kingdom.

The temperature on April 17, 1900 was about 7.6 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 67%.