Genealogy Schroeders » Antonius Leonardus Hubertus van Montfort (1899-????)

Birthday November 17, 1899

• The temperature on November 17, 1899 was about 7.1 °C. The airpressure was 78 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 83%. 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 17 » The United States takes possession of Wake Island in the Pacific Ocean.
  • February 22 » Filipino forces led by General Antonio Luna launch counterattacks for the first time against the American forces during the Philippine–American War. The Filipinos fail to regain Manila from the Americans.
  • March 4 » Cyclone Mahina sweeps in north of Cooktown, Queensland, with a 12 metres (39ft) wave that reaches up to 5 kilometres (3.1mi) inland, killing over 300.
  • July 11 » Fiat founded by Giovanni Agnelli in Turin, Italy.
  • September 13 » Mackinder, Ollier and Brocherel make the first ascent of Batian (5,199 m - 17,058ft), the highest peak of Mount Kenya.
  • November 2 » The Boers begin their 118-day siege of British-held Ladysmith during the Second Boer War.

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• 1896 » Lev Vygotsky, Belarusian-Russian psychologist and philosopher († 1934)
• 1897 » Frank Fay, American actor, singer, and screenwriter († 1961)
• 1899 » Douglas Shearer, Canadian-American engineer († 1971)
• 1901 » Lee Strasberg, Ukrainian-American actor and director († 1982)
• 1901 » Walter Hallstein, German academic and politician, 1st President of the European Commission († 1982)
• 1902 » Eugene Wigner, Hungarian physicist and mathematician, Nobel Prize laureate († 1995)