Rutten Vlaanderen Meems Huizing » Cornelis Adrianus van der Helm (1900-)

Birthday January 12, 1900

• The temperature on January 12, 1900 was about -0.7 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 90%. 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.
  • January 31 » Datu Muhammad Salleh is killed in Kampung Teboh, Tambunan, ending the Mat Salleh Rebellion.
  • February 14 » British forces begin the Battle of the Tugela Heights in an effort to lift the Siege of Ladysmith.
  • April 2 » The United States Congress passes the Foraker Act, giving Puerto Rico limited self-rule.
  • July 19 » The first line of the Paris Métro opens for operation.
  • September 13 » Filipino insurgents defeat a small American column in the Battle of Pulang Lupa, during the Philippine–American War.
  • October 9 » The Cook Islands become a territory of the United Kingdom.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1896 » David Wechsler, Romanian-American psychologist and author († 1981)
• 1899 » Paul Hermann Müller, Swiss chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1965)
• 1899 » Pierre Bernac, French opera singer and educator († 1979)
• 1901 » Karl Künstler, German SS officer († 1945)
• 1903 » Andrew J. Transue, American politician and attorney (Morissette v. United States) († 1995)
• 1903 » Igor Kurchatov, Russian physicist and academic († 1960)