Genealogy Wessel Wijberdinck » Grada Johanna Hunink (1898-????)

Birthday October 28, 1898

• The temperature on October 28, 1898 was about 9.1 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 98%. 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.
  • April 21 » Spanish–American War: The United States Navy begins a blockade of Cuban ports. When the U.S. Congress issued a declaration of war on April 25, it declared that a state of war had existed from this date.
  • April 22 » Spanish–American War: The USSNashville captures a Spanish merchant ship.
  • July 4 » En route from New York to Le Havre, the SS La Bourgogne collides with another ship and sinks off the coast of Sable Island, with the loss of 549 lives.
  • August 11 » Spanish–American War: American troops enter the city of Mayagüez, Puerto Rico.
  • December 10 » Spanish–American War: The Treaty of Paris is signed, officially ending the conflict.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1893 » Christopher Kelk Ingold, British chemist († 1970)
• 1896 » Howard Hanson, American composer, conductor, and educator († 1981)
• 1897 » Edith Head, American costume designer († 1981)
• 1897 » Hans Speidel, German general († 1984)
• 1901 » Eileen Shanahan, Irish poet († 1979)
• 1902 » Elsa Lanchester, English-American actress and singer († 1986)