Genealogy Van Eck op Goeree Overflakkee » Hendrik Christoffel STAM (1899-????)

Birthday August 30, 1899

• The temperature on August 30, 1899 was about 17.2 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 82%. 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 2 » The Australian Premiers' Conference held in Melbourne decides to locate Australia's capital city, Canberra, between Sydney and Melbourne.
  • February 6 » Spanish–American War: The Treaty of Paris, a peace treaty between the United States and Spain, is ratified by the United States Senate.
  • March 27 » Emilio Aguinaldo leads Filipino forces for the only time during the Philippine–American War at the Battle of Marilao River.
  • March 31 » Malolos, capital of the First Philippine Republic, is captured by American forces.
  • November 29 » FC Barcelona is founded by Catalan, Spanish and Englishmen. It later develops into one of Spanish football's most iconic and strongest teams.
  • December 2 » Philippine–American War: The Battle of Tirad Pass, termed "The Filipino Thermopylae", is fought.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1893 » Huey Long, American lawyer and politician, 40th Governor of Louisiana († 1935)
• 1896 » Raymond Massey, Canadian-American actor and playwright († 1983)
• 1898 » Shirley Booth, American actress and singer († 1992)
• 1901 » John Gunther, American journalist and author († 1970)
• 1901 » Roy Wilkins, American journalist and activist († 1981)
• 1903 » Bhagwati Charan Verma, Indian author († 1981)