Family tree D'Olivo-Peters » Cornelia Jacoba Peters (1901-)

Birthday January 7, 1901

• The temperature on January 7, 1901 was between -12.2 °C and -6.6 °C and averaged -9.1 °C. There was 2.8 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.
  • February 20 » The legislature of Hawaii Territory convenes for the first time.
  • 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.
  • September 28 » Philippine–American War: Filipino guerrillas kill more than forty American soldiers while losing 28 of their own.
  • November 18 » Britain and the United States sign the Hay–Pauncefote Treaty, which nullifies the Clayton–Bulwer Treaty and withdraws British objections to an American-controlled canal in Panama.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1895 » Hudson Fysh, Australian pilot and businessman, co-founded Qantas Airways Limited († 1974)
• 1899 » Al Bowlly, Mozambican-English singer-songwriter (disputed; d. 1941)
• 1899 » Francis Poulenc, French pianist and composer († 1963)
• 1900 » John Brownlee, Australian actor and singer († 1969)
• 1906 » Red Allen, American trumpet player († 1967)
• 1910 » Orval Faubus, American soldier and politician, 36th Governor of Arkansas († 1994)