Genealogisch Web Rijken » Wilhelmus Merkelbach (1899-> 1946)

Birthday April 30, 1899

• The temperature on April 30, 1899 was about 6.9 °C. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 94%. 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.
  • February 22 » Filipino forces led by General Antonio Luna launch counterattacks for the first time against the American forces during the Philippine–American War. The Filipinos fail to regain Manila from the Americans.
  • March 6 » Bayer registers "Aspirin" as a trademark.
  • July 17 » NEC Corporation is organized as the first Japanese joint venture with foreign capital.
  • September 23 » The American Asiatic Squadron destroys a Filipino battery at the Battle of Olongapo.
  • October 11 » The Second Boer War erupts in South Africa between the British-ruled Cape Colony, and the Boer-ruled Transvaal and Orange Free State.
  • 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.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1896 » Hans List, Austrian scientist and businessman, founded the AVL Engineering Company († 1996)
• 1896 » Reverend Gary Davis, American singer and guitarist († 1972)
• 1897 » Humberto Mauro, Brazilian director and screenwriter († 1983)
• 1900 » Erni Krusten, Estonian author and poet († 1984)
• 1901 » Simon Kuznets, Belarusian-American economist, statistician, and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1985)
• 1902 » Theodore Schultz, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1998)