Genealogy Van Raam » Jan Coenraad Geerligs (1898-????)

Birthday July 29, 1898

• The temperature on July 29, 1898 was about 15.7 °C. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 89%. 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.
  • February 23 » Émile Zola is imprisoned in France after writing J'Accuse…!, a letter accusing the French government of antisemitism and wrongfully imprisoning Captain Alfred Dreyfus.
  • April 25 » Spanish–American War: The United States declares war on Spain.
  • July 1 » Spanish–American War: The Battle of San Juan Hill is fought in Santiago de Cuba, Cuba.
  • July 8 » The death of crime boss Soapy Smith, killed in the Shootout on Juneau Wharf, releases Skagway, Alaska from his iron grip.
  • August 12 » The Hawaiian flag is lowered from ʻIolani Palace in an elaborate annexation ceremony and replaced with the flag of the United States to signify the transfer of sovereignty from the Republic of Hawaii to the United States.
  • October 18 » The United States takes possession of Puerto Rico from Spain.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1896 » Maria L. de Hernández, Mexican-American rights activist († 1986)
• 1897 » Neil Ritchie, Guyanese-English general († 1983)
• 1898 » Isidor Isaac Rabi, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize Laureate († 1988)
• 1899 » Walter Beall, American baseball player († 1959)
• 1900 » Eyvind Johnson, Swedish novelist and short story writer, Nobel Prize Laureate († 1976)
• 1900 » Mary V. Austin, Australian community worker and political activist († 1986)