Stamboom Boens » Petrus Carolus BERGMANS (1898-????)

Birthday October 16, 1898

• The temperature on October 16, 1898 was about 6.4 °C. The airpressure was 74 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 99%. Source: KNMI
• Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• Regentes Emma (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1898 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 1898: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
  • June 12 » Philippine Declaration of Independence: General Emilio Aguinaldo declares the Philippines' independence from Spain.
  • August 11 » Spanish–American War: American troops enter the city of Mayagüez, Puerto Rico.
  • August 23 » The Southern Cross Expedition, the first British venture of the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration, departs from London.
  • August 24 » Count Muravyov, Foreign Minister of Russia presents a rescript that convoked the First Hague Peace Conference.
  • August 25 » Seven hundred Greek civilians, 17 British guards and the British Consul of Crete are killed by a Turkish mob in Heraklion, Greece.
  • October 14 » The steam ship SSMohegan sinks near the Lizard peninsula, Cornwall, killing 106.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1897 » Louis de Cazenave, French soldier († 2008)
• 1898 » William O. Douglas, American lawyer and jurist († 1980)
• 1900 » Edward Ardizzone, Vietnamese-English author and illustrator († 1979)
• 1900 » Goose Goslin, American baseball player and manager († 1971)
• 1900 » Primo Conti, Italian painter and poet († 1988)
• 1903 » Cecile de Brunhoff, French author and pianist († 2003)