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Birthday July 1, 1898

• The temperature on July 1, 1898 was about 14.4 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 87%. 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 1 » New York, New York annexes land from surrounding counties, creating the City of Greater New York. The four initial boroughs, Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, and The Bronx, are joined on January 25 by Staten Island to create the modern city of five boroughs.
  • February 27 » King George I of Greece survives an assassination attempt.
  • March 16 » In Melbourne the representatives of five colonies adopted a constitution, which would become the basis of the Commonwealth of Australia.
  • April 21 » Spanish–American War: The United States Navy begins a blockade of Cuban ports. When the U.S. Congress issued a declaration of war on April 25, it declared that a state of war had existed from this date.
  • June 21 » The United States captures Guam from Spain. The few warning shots fired by the U.S. naval vessels are misinterpreted as salutes by the Spanish garrison, which was unaware that the two nations were at war.
  • August 11 » Spanish–American War: American troops enter the city of Mayagüez, Puerto Rico.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1899 » Charles Laughton, English-American actor and director († 1962)
• 1899 » Konstantinos Tsatsos, Greek scholar and politician, President of Greece († 1987)
• 1899 » Thomas A. Dorsey, American pianist and composer († 1993)
• 1901 » Irna Phillips, American screenwriter († 1973)
• 1902 » William Wyler, French-American film director, producer and screenwriter († 1981)
• 1903 » Amy Johnson, English pilot († 1941)