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Birthday January 16, 1900

• The temperature on January 16, 1900 was about 1.8 °C. The airpressure was 75 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.
  • January 6 » Second Boer War: Having already besieged the fortress at Ladysmith, Boer forces attack it, but are driven back by British defenders.
  • February 9 » The Davis Cup competition is established.
  • February 23 » Second Boer War: During the Battle of the Tugela Heights, the first British attempt to take Hart's Hill fails.
  • February 28 » The Second Boer War: The 118-day "Siege of Ladysmith" is lifted.
  • March 14 » The Gold Standard Act is ratified, placing the United States currency on the gold standard.
  • July 2 » Jean Sibelius' Finlandia receives its première performance in Helsinki with the Helsinki Philharmonic Society conducted by Robert Kajanus.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1898 » Irving Rapper, American film director and producer († 1999)
• 1898 » Margaret Booth, American producer and editor († 2002)
• 1900 » Edith Frank, German-Dutch mother of Anne Frank († 1945)
• 1900 » Kiku Amino, Japanese author and translator († 1978)
• 1901 » Fulgencio Batista, Cuban colonel and politician, 9th President of Cuba († 1973)
• 1902 » Eric Liddell, Scottish runner, rugby player, and missionary († 1945)