Genealogy Schoots » Johanna Wilhelmina Leenards (1899-????)

Birthday June 21, 1899

• The temperature on June 21, 1899 was about 20.7 °C. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 74%. 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 30 » German Society of Chemistry issues an invitation to other national scientific organizations to appoint delegates to the International Committee on Atomic Weights.
  • March 31 » Malolos, capital of the First Philippine Republic, is captured by American forces.
  • April 18 » The St. Andrew's Ambulance Association is granted a royal charter by Queen Victoria.
  • September 23 » The American Asiatic Squadron destroys a Filipino battery at the Battle of Olongapo.
  • 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

• 1894 » Milward Kennedy, English journalist and civil servant († 1968)
• 1896 » Charles Momsen, American admiral, invented the Momsen lung († 1967)
• 1898 » Donald C. Peattie, American botanist and author († 1964)
• 1899 » Pavel Haas, Czech composer († 1944)
• 1903 » Al Hirschfeld, American caricaturist, painter and illustrator († 2003)
• 1903 » Hermann Engelhard, German runner and coach († 1984)