Geensen database » Huigje Anna Suzanna Nijssen (1899-????)

Birthday June 3, 1899

• The temperature on June 3, 1899 was about 19.5 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 54%. 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.
  • January 1 » Spanish rule ends in Cuba.
  • January 23 » The Malolos Constitution is inaugurated, establishing the First Philippine Republic. Emilio Aguinaldo is sworn in as its first President.
  • February 4 » The Philippine–American War begins with the Battle of Manila.
  • March 31 » Malolos, capital of the First Philippine Republic, is captured by American forces.
  • June 7 » American Temperance crusader Carrie Nation begins her campaign of vandalizing alcohol-serving establishments by destroying the inventory in a saloon in Kiowa, Kansas.
  • September 13 » Mackinder, Ollier and Brocherel make the first ascent of Batian (5,199 m - 17,058ft), the highest peak of Mount Kenya.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1897 » Memphis Minnie, American singer-songwriter († 1973)
• 1899 » Georg von Békésy, Hungarian-American biophysicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1972)
• 1900 » Adelaide Ames, American astronomer and academic († 1932)
• 1900 » Leo Picard, German-Israeli geologist and academic († 1997)
• 1901 » Maurice Evans, English actor († 1989)
• 1901 » Zhang Xueliang, Chinese general and warlord († 2001)