Family tree families De Jaegher, Claeys, Van den Meersche en Van Londersele » Cyrillus de Weghe (1901-)

Birthday May 14, 1901

• The temperature on May 14, 1901 was between 9.0 °C and 20.3 °C and averaged 14.1 °C. There was 12.9 hours of sunshine (83%). 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 1 » Nigeria becomes a British protectorate.
  • March 23 » Emilio Aguinaldo, only President of the First Philippine Republic, was captured at Palanan, Isabela by the forces of General Frederick Funston.
  • August 6 » Kiowa land in Oklahoma is opened for white settlement, effectively dissolving the contiguous reservation.
  • August 10 » The U.S. Steel recognition strike by the Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers begins.
  • November 13 » The 1901 Caister lifeboat disaster.
  • December 3 » In a State of the Union message, U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt delivers a 20,000-word speech to the House of Representatives asking Congress to curb the power of trusts "within reasonable limits".

Source: Wikipedia

• 1900 » Cai Chang, Chinese first leader of All-China Women's Federation († 1990)
• 1900 » Edgar Wind, German-English historian, author, and academic († 1971)
• 1900 » Hal Borland, American journalist and author († 1978)
• 1900 » Leo Smit, Dutch pianist and composer († 1943)
• 1900 » Walter Rehberg, Swiss pianist and composer († 1957)
• 1901 » Robert Ritter, German psychologist and physician († 1951)