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Birthday April 28, 1900

• The temperature on April 28, 1900 was about 6.2 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 60%. 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.
  • January 2 » American statesman and diplomat John Hay announces the Open Door Policy to promote trade with China.
  • February 14 » British forces begin the Battle of the Tugela Heights in an effort to lift the Siege of Ladysmith.
  • February 27 » The British Labour Party is founded.
  • May 29 » N'Djamena is founded as Fort-Lamy by the French commander Émile Gentil.
  • June 9 » Indian nationalist Birsa Munda dies of cholera in a British prison.
  • June 21 » Boxer Rebellion. China formally declares war on the United States, Britain, Germany, France and Japan, as an edict issued from the Empress Dowager Cixi.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1897 » Ye Jianying, Chinese general and politician, Head of State of the People's Republic of China († 1986)
• 1900 » Alice Berry, Australian activist († 1978)
• 1900 » Heinrich Müller, German SS officer († 1945)
• 1900 » Jan Oort, Dutch astronomer and academic († 1992)
• 1901 » H. B. Stallard, English runner and surgeon († 1973)
• 1902 » Johan Borgen, Norwegian author and critic († 1979)