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Birthday October 10, 1899

• The temperature on October 10, 1899 was about 14.6 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 64%. 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 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.
  • May 8 » The Irish Literary Theatre in Dublin produced its first play.
  • July 26 » Ulises Heureaux, the 27th President of the Dominican Republic, is assassinated.
  • November 2 » The Boers begin their 118-day siege of British-held Ladysmith during the Second Boer War.
  • 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.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1895 » Alfred Neuland, Estonian weightlifter († 1966)
• 1895 » Fridolf Rhudin, Swedish actor († 1935)
• 1898 » Lilly Daché, French-American fashion designer († 1989)
• 1900 » Helen Hayes, American actress († 1993)
• 1901 » Alberto Giacometti, Swiss sculptor and painter († 1966)
• 1902 » K. Shivaram Karanth, Indian journalist, author, and activist († 1997)