King <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_III_of_the_Netherlands" id="mwUw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="William III of the Netherlands">William III of the Netherlands</a> dies without a male heir and a special law is passed to allow his daughter <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilhelmina_of_the_Netherlands" id="mwVA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Wilhelmina of the Netherlands">Princess Wilhelmina</a> to succeed him.