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Birthday May 14, 1901

• The temperature on May 14, 1901 was between 8.9 °C and 19.5 °C and averaged 13.8 °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.
  • February 2 » Funeral of Queen Victoria.
  • March 23 » Emilio Aguinaldo, only President of the First Philippine Republic, was captured at Palanan, Isabela by the forces of General Frederick Funston.
  • June 11 » The boundaries of the Colony of New Zealand are extended by the UK to include the Cook Islands.
  • 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.
  • November 27 » The U.S. Army War College is established.

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)