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Birthday April 29, 1900

• The temperature on April 29, 1900 was about 8.3 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 73%. 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.
  • February 27 » Second Boer War: In South Africa, British military leaders receive an unconditional notice of surrender from Boer General Piet Cronjé at the Battle of Paardeberg.
  • May 23 » American Civil War: Sergeant William Harvey Carney is awarded the Medal of Honor for his heroism in the Assault on the Battery Wagner in 1863.
  • July 2 » The first Zeppelin flight takes place on Lake Constance near Friedrichshafen, Germany.
  • July 9 » The Federation of Australia is given royal assent.
  • July 27 » Kaiser Wilhelm II makes a speech comparing Germans to Huns; for years afterwards, "Hun" would be a disparaging name for Germans.
  • August 16 » The Battle of Elands River during the Second Boer War ends after a 13-day siege is lifted by the British. The battle had begun when a force of between 2,000 and 3,000 Boers had surrounded a force of 500 Australians, Rhodesians, Canadians and British soldiers at a supply dump at Brakfontein Drift.

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• 1895 » Vladimir Propp, Russian scholar and critic († 1970)
• 1899 » Duke Ellington, American pianist, composer, and bandleader († 1974)
• 1899 » Mary Petty, American illustrator († 1976)
• 1900 » Amelia Best, Australian politician, one of the first women elected to the Tasmanian House of Assembly († 1979)
• 1900 » Concha de Albornoz, Spanish feminist and intellectual, exiled during the Spanish Civil War († 1972)
• 1901 » Hirohito, Japanese emperor († 1989)