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Birthday November 22, 1900

• The temperature on November 22, 1900 was about 7.9 °C. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 88%. 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 16 » The United States Senate accepts the Anglo-German treaty of 1899 in which the United Kingdom renounces its claims to the Samoan islands.
  • February 23 » Second Boer War: During the Battle of the Tugela Heights, the first British attempt to take Hart's Hill fails.
  • March 16 » Sir Arthur Evans purchased the land around the ruins of Knossos, the largest Bronze Age archaeological site on Crete.
  • June 5 » Second Boer War: British soldiers take Pretoria.
  • 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.
  • November 7 » Second Boer War: Battle of Leliefontein, a battle during which the Royal Canadian Dragoons win three Victoria Crosses.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1898 » Wiley Post, American pilot († 1935)
• 1899 » Hoagy Carmichael, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and actor († 1981)
• 1900 » Helenka Pantaleoni, American actress and humanitarian, co-founded U.S. Fund for UNICEF († 1987)
• 1900 » Tom Macdonald, Welsh journalist and author († 1980)
• 1901 » Béla Juhos, Hungarian-Austrian philosopher from the Vienna Circle († 1971)
• 1901 » Joaquín Rodrigo, Spanish pianist and composer († 1999)