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Birthday January 10, 1900

• The temperature on January 10, 1900 was about 4.2 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 90%. 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.
  • February 14 » British forces begin the Battle of the Tugela Heights in an effort to lift the Siege of Ladysmith.
  • 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.
  • May 24 » Second Boer War: The United Kingdom annexes the Orange Free State.
  • May 29 » N'Djamena is founded as Fort-Lamy by the French commander Émile Gentil.
  • June 20 » Boxer Rebellion: The Imperial Chinese Army begins a 55-day siege of the Legation Quarter in Beijing, China.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1898 » Katharine Burr Blodgett, American physicist and engineer († 1979)
• 1900 » Violette Cordery, English racing driver († 1983)
• 1902 » Dobriša Cesarić, Croatian poet and translator († 1980)
• 1903 » Barbara Hepworth, English sculptor († 1975)
• 1903 » Pud Thurlow, Australian cricketer († 1975)
• 1903 » Voldemar Väli, Estonian wrestler († 1997)