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Day of death February 4, 1907

• The temperature on February 4, 1907 was between -2.2 °C and -0.3 °C and averaged -1.3 °C. There was 0.9 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the ??. 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 August 17, 1905 to February 11, 1908 the cabinet De Meester, with Mr. Th. de Meester (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
• In the year 1907: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.6 million citizens.
  • April 15 » Triangle Fraternity is founded at the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign.
  • July 29 » Sir Robert Baden-Powell sets up the Brownsea Island Scout camp in Poole Harbour on the south coast of England. The camp runs from August 1 to August 9 and is regarded as the foundation of the Scouting movement.
  • October 17 » Marconi begins the first commercial transatlantic wireless service.
  • November 9 » The Cullinan Diamond is presented to King Edward VII on his birthday.
  • December 17 » Ugyen Wangchuck is crowned first King of Bhutan.
  • December 31 » The first New Year's Eve celebration is held in Times Square (then known as Longacre Square) in Manhattan.

Source: Wikipedia

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• 1905 » Louis-Ernest Barrias, French sculptor and academic (b. 1841)
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• 1928 » Hendrik Lorentz, Dutch physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1853)
• 1933 » Archibald Sayce, English linguist and educator (b. 1846)
• 1940 » Nikolai Yezhov, Russian police officer and politician (b. 1895)