Genealogy Van Tunen » Aaltje Wilbrink (1898-????)

Birthday March 31, 1898

• The temperature on March 31, 1898 was about 3.4 °C. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 90%. 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.
  • March 16 » In Melbourne the representatives of five colonies adopted a constitution, which would become the basis of the Commonwealth of Australia.
  • April 20 » U.S. President William McKinley signed a joint resolution to Congress for declaration of war against Spain, beginning the Spanish–American War.
  • April 22 » Spanish–American War: The USSNashville captures a Spanish merchant ship.
  • June 21 » The United States captures Guam from Spain. The few warning shots fired by the U.S. naval vessels are misinterpreted as salutes by the Spanish garrison, which was unaware that the two nations were at war.
  • 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 11 » Spanish–American War: American troops enter the city of Mayagüez, Puerto Rico.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1891 » Victor Varconi, Hungarian-American actor and director († 1976)
• 1893 » Clemens Krauss, Austrian conductor and manager († 1954)
• 1893 » Herbert Meinhard Mühlpfordt, German physician and historian († 1982)
• 1895 » Vardis Fisher, American author and academic († 1968)
• 1900 » Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester († 1974)
• 1905 » Robert Stevenson, English director and screenwriter († 1986)