Genealogy Verhoeven » NN Heebing (1899)

Birthday December 31, 1899

• The temperature on December 31, 1899 was about 6.9 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 80%. 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.
  • January 17 » The United States takes possession of Wake Island in the Pacific Ocean.
  • February 2 » The Australian Premiers' Conference held in Melbourne decides to locate Australia's capital city, Canberra, between Sydney and Melbourne.
  • February 4 » The Philippine–American War begins with the Battle of Manila.
  • May 30 » Pearl Hart, a female outlaw of the Old West, robs a stage coach 30 miles southeast of Globe, Arizona.
  • November 28 » The Second Boer War: a British column is engaged by Boer forces at the Battle of Modder River; although the Boers withdraw, the British suffer heavy casualties.
  • 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.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1899 » Silvestre Revueltas, Mexican violinist, composer, and conductor († 1940)
• 1901 » Nikos Ploumpidis, Greek educator and politician († 1954)
• 1902 » Lionel Daunais, Canadian singer-songwriter († 1982)
• 1902 » Roy Goodall, English footballer († 1982)
• 1904 » William Heynes, English engineer († 1989)
• 1905 » Helen Dodson Prince, American astronomer and academic († 2002)