Dreyer Tree » Gerhardus Hendrik Izak Nieuwoudt (1898-????)

Birthday November 7, 1898

• The temperature on November 7, 1898 was about 5.8 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 100%. 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.
  • January 13 » Émile Zola's J'accuse…! exposes the Dreyfus affair.
  • July 4 » En route from New York to Le Havre, the SS La Bourgogne collides with another ship and sinks off the coast of Sable Island, with the loss of 549 lives.
  • August 12 » The Hawaiian flag is lowered from ʻIolani Palace in an elaborate annexation ceremony and replaced with the flag of the United States to signify the transfer of sovereignty from the Republic of Hawaii to the United States.
  • November 3 » France withdraws its troops from Fashoda (now in Sudan), ending the Fashoda Incident.
  • November 5 » Negrese nationalists revolt against Spanish rule and establish the short-lived Republic of Negros.
  • December 18 » Gaston de Chasseloup-Laubat sets the first officially recognized land speed record of 39.245mph (63.159km/h) in a Jeantaud electric car.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1896 » Esdras Minville, Canadian economist and sociologist († 1975)
• 1897 » Armstrong Sperry, American author and illustrator († 1976)
• 1897 » Herman J. Mankiewicz, American director, producer, and screenwriter († 1953)
• 1898 » Margaret Morris, American actress († 1968)
• 1898 » Raphaël Salem, Greek-French mathematician and academic († 1963)
• 1899 » Yitzhak Lamdan, Russian-Israeli journalist and poet († 1954)