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Birthday February 16, 1900

• The temperature on February 16, 1900 was about 2.7 °C. The airpressure was 74 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 100%. 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.
  • February 14 » British forces begin the Battle of the Tugela Heights in an effort to lift the Siege of Ladysmith.
  • February 18 » Second Boer War: Imperial forces suffer their worst single-day loss of life on Bloody Sunday, the first day of the Battle of Paardeberg.
  • March 13 » British forces occupy Bloemfontein, Orange Free State, during the Second Boer War.
  • June 5 » Second Boer War: British soldiers take Pretoria.
  • July 9 » The Federation of Australia is given royal assent.
  • September 13 » Filipino insurgents defeat a small American column in the Battle of Pulang Lupa, during the Philippine–American War.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1896 » Eugénie Blanchard, French super-centenarian († 2010)
• 1901 » Chester Morris, American actor († 1970)
• 1901 » Wayne King, American singer-songwriter and conductor († 1985)
• 1902 » Cyril Vincent, South African cricketer († 1968)
• 1903 » Edgar Bergen, Swedish-American ventriloquist and actor († 1978)
• 1904 » James Baskett, African-American actor and singer († 1948)