Permanent year factsheet

Netherlands in 1901

Historical records for Netherlands in 1901, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.

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3Events
3Named people
2Places
2Categories

Historical records

December

10 December 1901Nobel Prize in ChemistryJacobus Henricus van t Hoff

Stockholm · Science / Chemistry

Receives the first Nobel Prize in Chemistry for work on chemical dynamics and osmotic pressure.

Other Events

1901End of Mayoral TermSjoerd Anne Vening Meinesz

Amsterdam · Government / Amsterdam Regency

Concludes service as Mayor of Amsterdam after the 1891-1901 municipal term.

1901Mayor of AmsterdamWilhelmus Frederik van Leeuwen

Amsterdam · Government / Amsterdam Regency

Begins serving as Mayor of Amsterdam during the 1901-1910 municipal term.

Names involved

Jacobus Henricus van t HoffSjoerd Anne Vening MeineszWilhelmus Frederik van Leeuwen

Places involved

AmsterdamStockholm

Provenance

This page is generated from stored World History Database records matching the exact country and year shown above. Exact duplicate display records are collapsed. Records without a month are listed after the monthly sections. Source provenance varies by record; formal academic citation should be checked against the relevant primary source, archive or specialist historical reference.