Genealogy Van Lier, Bertke, Wolschrijn en Zwartjes » Antje van Leeuwen (1898-????)

Birthday August 2, 1898

• The temperature on August 2, 1898 was about 18.2 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 84%. 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 3 » A Spanish squadron, led by Pascual Cervera y Topete, is defeated by an American squadron under William T. Sampson in the Battle of Santiago de Cuba.
  • August 13 » Carl Gustav Witt discovers 433 Eros, the first near-Earth asteroid to be found.
  • August 13 » Spanish–American War: Spanish and American forces engage in a mock battle for Manila, after which the Spanish commander surrendered in order to keep the city out of Filipino rebel hands.
  • November 3 » France withdraws its troops from Fashoda (now in Sudan), ending the Fashoda Incident.

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• 1897 » Karl-Otto Koch, German SS officer († 1945)
• 1897 » Max Weber, Swiss lawyer and politician († 1974)
• 1898 » Ernő Nagy, Hungarian fencer († 1977)
• 1899 » Charles Bennett, English director and screenwriter († 1995)
• 1900 » Helen Morgan, American actress and singer († 1941)
• 1900 » Holling C. Holling, American author and illustrator († 1973)