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Birthday July 19, 1898

• The temperature on July 19, 1898 was about 14.9 °C. The airpressure was 76 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)
• 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.
  • April 20 » U.S. President William McKinley signed a joint resolution to Congress for declaration of war against Spain, beginning the Spanish–American War.
  • June 10 » Spanish–American War: In the Battle of Guantánamo Bay, U.S. Marines begin the American invasion of Spanish-held Cuba.
  • July 4 » En route from New York to Le Havre, the SS La Bourgogne collides with another ship and sinks off the coast of Sable Island, with the loss of 549 lives.
  • August 11 » Spanish–American War: American troops enter the city of Mayagüez, Puerto Rico.
  • December 10 » Spanish–American War: The Treaty of Paris is signed, officially ending the conflict.
  • December 26 » Marie and Pierre Curie announce the isolation of radium.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1895 » Xu Beihong, Chinese painter and academic († 1953)
• 1896 » A. J. Cronin, Scottish physician and novelist († 1981)
• 1896 » Bob Meusel, American baseball player and sailor († 1977)
• 1896 » Reginald Baker, English film producer († 1985)
• 1898 » Herbert Marcuse, German-American sociologist and philosopher († 1979)
• 1899 » Balai Chand Mukhopadhyay, Indian physician, author, poet, and playwright († 1979)