Genealogy Kleijnendorst » Hendrika Bastiaanse Kleinendorst (1898-????)

Birthday July 8, 1898

• The temperature on July 8, 1898 was about 15.0 °C. The airpressure was 76 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)
• 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.
  • June 10 » Spanish–American War: In the Battle of Guantánamo Bay, U.S. Marines begin the American invasion of Spanish-held Cuba.
  • June 13 » Yukon Territory is formed, with Dawson chosen as its capital.
  • June 27 » The first solo circumnavigation of the globe is completed by Joshua Slocum from Briar Island, Nova Scotia.
  • August 12 » The Hawaiian flag is lowered from ʻIolani Palace in an elaborate annexation ceremony and replaced with the flag of the United States to signify the transfer of sovereignty from the Republic of Hawaii to the United States.
  • November 5 » Negrese nationalists revolt against Spanish rule and establish the short-lived Republic of Negros.
  • November 10 » Beginning of the Wilmington insurrection of 1898, the only instance of a municipal government being overthrown in United States history.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1892 » Richard Aldington, English author and poet († 1962)
• 1893 » R. Carlyle Buley, American historian and author († 1968)
• 1894 » Pyotr Kapitsa, Russian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1984)
• 1895 » Igor Tamm, Russian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1971)
• 1898 » Melville Ruick, American actor († 1972)
• 1900 » George Antheil, American pianist, composer, and author († 1959)