Dreyer Tree » Anna Cornelia Viljoen (1898-????)

Birthday November 13, 1898

• The temperature on November 13, 1898 was about 10.5 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 99%. 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.
  • February 7 » Dreyfus affair: Émile Zola is brought to trial for libel for publishing J'Accuse…!.
  • February 27 » King George I of Greece survives an assassination attempt.
  • June 10 » Spanish–American War: In the Battle of Guantánamo Bay, U.S. Marines begin the American invasion of Spanish-held Cuba.
  • July 7 » US President William McKinley signs the Newlands Resolution annexing Hawaii as a territory of the United States.
  • July 25 » Spanish-American War: The American invasion of Spanish-held Puerto Rico begins, as United States Army troops under General Nelson A. Miles land and secure the port at Guánica.
  • August 25 » Seven hundred Greek civilians, 17 British guards and the British Consul of Crete are killed by a Turkish mob in Heraklion, Greece.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1894 » Arthur Nebe, German SS officer († 1945)
• 1894 » Bennie Moten, American pianist and bandleader († 1935)
• 1897 » Gertrude Olmstead, American actress († 1975)
• 1899 » Iskander Mirza, Pakistani general and politician, 1st President of Pakistan († 1969)
• 1900 » David Marshall Williams, American convicted murderer and firearms designer († 1975)
• 1900 » Edward Buzzell, American actor, director, and screenwriter († 1985)