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Birthday December 22, 1900

• The temperature on December 22, 1900 was about 1.9 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 100%. 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 » Fußball-Club Bayern München is founded.
  • April 15 » Philippine–American War: Filipino guerrillas launch a surprise attack on U.S. infantry and begin a four-day siege of Catubig, Philippines.
  • May 29 » N'Djamena is founded as Fort-Lamy by the French commander Émile Gentil.
  • June 17 » Boxer Rebellion: Western Allied and Japanese forces capture the Taku Forts in Tianjin, China.
  • August 14 » The Eight-Nation Alliance occupies Beijing, China, in a campaign to end the bloody Boxer Rebellion in China.
  • September 13 » Filipino insurgents defeat a small American column in the Battle of Pulang Lupa, during the Philippine–American War.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1898 » Vladimir Fock, Russian physicist and mathematician († 1974)
• 1899 » Gustaf Gründgens, German actor and director († 1963)
• 1900 » Marc Allégret, French director and screenwriter († 1973)
• 1901 » Andre Kostelanetz, Russian-American conductor and composer († 1980)
• 1903 » Haldan Keffer Hartline, American physiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1983)
• 1905 » Pierre Brasseur, French-Italian actor and screenwriter († 1972)