Genealogy Deboysere » John S Steiner (1899-????)

Birthday January 10, 1899

• The temperature on January 10, 1899 was about 10.9 °C. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 72%. 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.
  • February 14 » Voting machines are approved by the U.S. Congress for use in federal elections.
  • March 31 » Malolos, capital of the First Philippine Republic, is captured by American forces.
  • June 12 » New Richmond tornado: The eighth deadliest tornado in U.S. history kills 117 people and injures around 200.
  • November 28 » The Second Boer War: a British column is engaged by Boer forces at the Battle of Modder River; although the Boers withdraw, the British suffer heavy casualties.
  • November 29 » FC Barcelona is founded by Catalan, Spanish and Englishmen. It later develops into one of Spanish football's most iconic and strongest teams.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1895 » Percy Cerutty, Australian athletics coach († 1975)
• 1896 » Yong Mun Sen, Malaysian watercolour painter († 1962)
• 1898 » Katharine Burr Blodgett, American physicist and engineer († 1979)
• 1900 » Violette Cordery, English racing driver († 1983)
• 1902 » Dobriša Cesarić, Croatian poet and translator († 1980)
• 1903 » Barbara Hepworth, English sculptor († 1975)