Stammbaum Grütter » Andy Galloway (1900-1986)

Birthday November 3, 1900

• The temperature on November 3, 1900 was about 6.2 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 93%. 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.
  • April 14 » The Exposition Universelle begins.
  • 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 » Baron Eduard Toll, leader of the Russian Polar Expedition of 1900, departs Saint Petersburg in Russia on the explorer ship Zarya, never to return.
  • July 9 » The Governor of Shanxi province in North China orders the execution of 45 foreign Christian missionaries and local church members, including children.
  • August 16 » The Battle of Elands River during the Second Boer War ends after a 13-day siege is lifted by the British. The battle had begun when a force of between 2,000 and 3,000 Boers had surrounded a force of 500 Australians, Rhodesians, Canadians and British soldiers at a supply dump at Brakfontein Drift.

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• 1899 » Gleb Wataghin, Ukrainian-Italian physicist and academic († 1986)
• 1899 » Ralph Greenleaf, American billiards player († 1950)
• 1899 » Rezső Seress, Hungarian pianist and composer († 1968)
• 1900 » Adolf Dassler, German businessman, founded Adidas († 1978)
• 1901 » André Malraux, French historian, theorist, and author († 1976)
• 1901 » Leopold III of Belgium († 1983)