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Birthday December 1, 1900

• The temperature on December 1, 1900 was about 4.6 °C. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 92%. 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 23 » Second Boer War: The Battle of Spion Kop between the forces of the South African Republic and the Orange Free State and British forces ends in a British defeat.
  • January 31 » Datu Muhammad Salleh is killed in Kampung Teboh, Tambunan, ending the Mat Salleh Rebellion.
  • May 17 » The children's novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum, is first published in the United States. The first copy is given to the author's sister.
  • June 20 » Boxer Rebellion: The Imperial Chinese Army begins a 55-day siege of the Legation Quarter in Beijing, China.
  • September 17 » Philippine–American War: Filipinos under Juan Cailles defeat Americans under Colonel Benjamin F. Cheatham Jr. at Mabitac.
  • October 19 » Max Planck discovers Planck's law of black-body radiation.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1896 » Georgy Zhukov, Russian general and politician, 2nd Minister of Defence for the Soviet Union († 1974)
• 1898 » Cyril Ritchard, Australian-American actor and singer († 1977)
• 1898 » Stuart Garson, Canadian lawyer and politician, 12th Premier of Manitoba († 1977)
• 1900 » Karna Maria Birmingham, Australian artist, illustrator and print maker († 1987)
• 1901 » Ilona Fehér, Hungarian-Israeli violinist and educator († 1988)
• 1903 » Nikolai Voznesensky, Soviet economic planner, member of the Politburo of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union († 1950)