Database Van Broekhoven » Ludovicus Laurentius Jacobus van Beurden (1899-????)

Birthday November 3, 1899

• The temperature on November 3, 1899 was about 14.2 °C. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 93%. 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 1 » Spanish rule ends in Cuba.
  • 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 16 » Iceland's first football club, Knattspyrnufélag Reykjavíkur, is founded.
  • July 26 » Ulises Heureaux, the 27th President of the Dominican Republic, is assassinated.
  • September 13 » Mackinder, Ollier and Brocherel make the first ascent of Batian (5,199 m - 17,058ft), the highest peak of Mount Kenya.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1899 » Gleb Wataghin, Ukrainian-Italian physicist and academic († 1986)
• 1899 » Ralph Greenleaf, American billiards player († 1950)
• 1899 » Rezső Seress, Hungarian pianist and composer († 1968)
• 1900 » Adolf Dassler, German businessman, founded Adidas († 1978)
• 1901 » André Malraux, French historian, theorist, and author († 1976)
• 1901 » Leopold III of Belgium († 1983)