Database Langton / Lengton / Lington - Heil - Rahder » Willem Martinus Gerardus van den Arend (1899-????)

Birthday May 14, 1899

• The temperature on May 14, 1899 was about 21.1 °C. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 53%. 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 1899: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
  • January 17 » The United States takes possession of Wake Island in the Pacific Ocean.
  • February 2 » The Australian Premiers' Conference held in Melbourne decides to locate Australia's capital city, Canberra, between Sydney and Melbourne.
  • February 22 » Filipino forces led by General Antonio Luna launch counterattacks for the first time against the American forces during the Philippine–American War. The Filipinos fail to regain Manila from the Americans.
  • March 27 » Emilio Aguinaldo leads Filipino forces for the only time during the Philippine–American War at the Battle of Marilao River.
  • April 18 » The St. Andrew's Ambulance Association is granted a royal charter by Queen Victoria.
  • June 7 » American Temperance crusader Carrie Nation begins her campaign of vandalizing alcohol-serving establishments by destroying the inventory in a saloon in Kiowa, Kansas.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1899 » Charlotte Auerbach, German-Jewish Scottish folklorist, geneticist, and zoologist. (d.1994)
• 1899 » Earle Combs, American baseball player and coach († 1976)
• 1899 » Pierre Victor Auger, French physicist and academic († 1993)
• 1900 » Cai Chang, Chinese first leader of All-China Women's Federation († 1990)
• 1900 » Hal Borland, American journalist and author († 1978)
• 1900 » Walter Rehberg, Swiss pianist and composer († 1957)