Database Van Broekhoven » Hendrika Margaretha Petronella Hofstede (1899-????)

Birthday November 22, 1899

• The temperature on November 22, 1899 was about 9.0 °C. The airpressure was 77 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.
  • February 14 » Voting machines are approved by the U.S. Congress for use in federal elections.
  • March 6 » Bayer registers "Aspirin" as a trademark.
  • March 31 » Malolos, capital of the First Philippine Republic, is captured by American forces.
  • May 30 » Pearl Hart, a female outlaw of the Old West, robs a stage coach 30 miles southeast of Globe, Arizona.
  • 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.
  • September 23 » The American Asiatic Squadron destroys a Filipino battery at the Battle of Olongapo.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1897 » Harry Wilson, English-American actor and singer († 1987)
• 1897 » Paul Oswald Ahnert, German astronomer and educator († 1989)
• 1898 » Wiley Post, American pilot († 1935)
• 1899 » Hoagy Carmichael, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and actor († 1981)
• 1900 » Helenka Pantaleoni, American actress and humanitarian, co-founded U.S. Fund for UNICEF († 1987)
• 1900 » Tom Macdonald, Welsh journalist and author († 1980)