Clarke Family Tree » Christy Mary Ann McKinnon (1898-1978)

Birthday October 31, 1898

• The temperature on October 31, 1898 was about 10.3 °C. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 89%. 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 10 » Spanish–American War: In the Battle of Guantánamo Bay, U.S. Marines begin the American invasion of Spanish-held Cuba.
  • June 11 » The Hundred Days' Reform, a planned movement to reform social, political, and educational institutions in China, is started by the Guangxu Emperor, but is suspended by Empress Dowager Cixi after 104 days. (The failed reform led to the abolition of the Imperial examination in 1905.)
  • June 21 » The United States captures Guam from Spain. The few warning shots fired by the U.S. naval vessels are misinterpreted as salutes by the Spanish garrison, which was unaware that the two nations were at war.
  • September 10 » Empress Elisabeth of Austria is assassinated by Luigi Lucheni.
  • September 18 » The Fashoda Incident triggers the last war scare between Britain and France.
  • September 21 » Empress Dowager Cixi seizes power and ends the Hundred Days' Reform in China.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1895 » B. H. Liddell Hart, English soldier, historian, and theorist († 1970)
• 1895 » Les Darcy, Australian boxer († 1917)
• 1896 » Ethel Waters, American singer and actress († 1977)
• 1897 » Constance Savery, English author († 1999)
• 1900 » Asbjørg Borgfelt, Norwegian sculptor († 1976)
• 1902 » Carlos Drummond de Andrade, Brazilian poet († 1987)