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Birthday November 15, 1901

• The temperature on November 15, 1901 was between -3.0 °C and 6.1 °C and averaged 2.2 °C. There was 3.1 hours of sunshine (35%). 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 Netherlands , there was from August 1, 1901 to August 16, 1905 the cabinet Kuijper, with Dr. A. Kuijper (AR) as prime minister.
• In the year 1901: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.2 million citizens.
  • January 10 » The first great Texas oil gusher is discovered at Spindletop in Beaumont, Texas.
  • March 2 » The U.S. Congress passes the Platt Amendment limiting the autonomy of Cuba, as a condition of the withdrawal of American troops.
  • March 23 » Emilio Aguinaldo, only President of the First Philippine Republic, was captured at Palanan, Isabela by the forces of General Frederick Funston.
  • May 9 » Australia opens its first national parliament in Melbourne.
  • September 17 » Second Boer War: A Boer column defeats a British force at the Battle of Blood River Poort.
  • November 13 » The 1901 Caister lifeboat disaster.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1896 » Leonard Lord, English businessman († 1967)
• 1897 » Aneurin Bevan, Welsh journalist and politician, Secretary of State for Health († 1960)
• 1897 » Sacheverell Sitwell, English author and critic († 1988)
• 1899 » Avdy Andresson, Estonian-American soldier and diplomat, Estonian Minister of War († 1990)
• 1903 » Stewie Dempster, New Zealand cricketer and coach († 1974)
• 1905 » Mantovani, Italian conductor and composer († 1980)