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Birthday February 2, 1899

• The temperature on February 2, 1899 was about -2.9 °C. The airpressure was 74 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)
• 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 4 » The Philippine–American War begins with the Battle of Manila.
  • June 12 » New Richmond tornado: The eighth deadliest tornado in U.S. history kills 117 people and injures around 200.
  • July 17 » NEC Corporation is organized as the first Japanese joint venture with foreign capital.
  • September 13 » Henry Bliss is the first person in the United States to be killed in an automobile accident.
  • October 11 » The Second Boer War erupts in South Africa between the British-ruled Cape Colony, and the Boer-ruled Transvaal and Orange Free State.
  • 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

• 1896 » Kazimierz Kuratowski, Polish mathematician and logician († 1980)
• 1897 » Gertrude Blanch, Russian-American mathematician († 1996)
• 1897 » Howard Deering Johnson, American businessman, founded Howard Johnson's († 1972)
• 1900 » Anni Frind, German lyric soprano († 1987)
• 1900 » Willie Kamm, American baseball player and manager († 1988)
• 1901 » Jascha Heifetz, Lithuanian-born American violinist and educator († 1987)