Family tree Menting » Maria Geertruida Snijders (± 1896-1901)

Day of death March 15, 1901

• The temperature on March 15, 1901 was between 1.2 °C and 11.6 °C and averaged 5.7 °C. There was 2.9 hours of sunshine (25%). 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.
  • August 6 » Kiowa land in Oklahoma is opened for white settlement, effectively dissolving the contiguous reservation.
  • August 10 » The U.S. Steel recognition strike by the Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers begins.
  • August 28 » Silliman University is founded in the Philippines. It is the first American private school in the country.
  • September 14 » U.S. President William McKinley dies after being mortally wounded on September 6 by anarchist Leon Czolgosz and is succeeded by Vice President Theodore Roosevelt.
  • October 12 » President Theodore Roosevelt officially renames the "Executive Mansion" to the White House.
  • November 27 » The U.S. Army War College is established.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1891 » Joseph Bazalgette, English engineer and academic (b. 1819)
• 1897 » James Joseph Sylvester, English mathematician and academic (b. 1814)
• 1898 » Henry Bessemer, English engineer and businessman (b. 1813)
• 1921 » Talaat Pasha, Ottoman politician, 281st Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (b. 1874)
• 1927 » Hector Rason, English-Australian politician, 7th Premier of Western Australia (b. 1858)
• 1933 » Gustavo Jiménez, Peruvian colonel and politician, 73rd President of Peru (b. 1886)