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Birthday December 21, 1899

• The temperature on December 21, 1899 was about -9.2 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 97%. 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.
  • March 4 » Cyclone Mahina sweeps in north of Cooktown, Queensland, with a 12 metres (39ft) wave that reaches up to 5 kilometres (3.1mi) inland, killing over 300.
  • March 6 » Bayer registers "Aspirin" as a trademark.
  • March 27 » Emilio Aguinaldo leads Filipino forces for the only time during the Philippine–American War at the Battle of Marilao River.
  • July 11 » Fiat founded by Giovanni Agnelli in Turin, Italy.
  • July 17 » NEC Corporation is organized as the first Japanese joint venture with foreign capital.
  • December 11 » Second Boer War: In the Battle of Magersfontein the Boers commanded by general Piet Cronjé inflict a defeat on the forces of the British Empire commanded by Lord Methuen trying to relieve the Siege of Kimberley.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1892 » Rebecca West, English journalist and author († 1983)
• 1892 » Walter Hagen, American golfer († 1969)
• 1896 » Konstantin Rokossovsky, Marshal of the Soviet Union during World War II († 1968)
• 1900 » Luis Arturo González López, Guatemalan supreme court judge and briefly acting president († 1965)
• 1905 » Anthony Powell, English author († 2000)
• 1905 » Käte Fenchel, German mathematician († 1983)