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Birthday January 16, 1898

• The temperature on January 16, 1898 was about 1.6 °C. The airpressure was 78 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 96%. 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 15 » The battleship USSMaine explodes and sinks in Havana harbor in Cuba, killing 274. This event leads the United States to declare war on Spain.
  • 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 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.
  • June 11 » The Hundred Days' Reform, a planned movement to reform social, political, and educational institutions in China, is started by the Guangxu Emperor, but is suspended by Empress Dowager Cixi after 104 days. (The failed reform led to the abolition of the Imperial examination in 1905.)
  • August 11 » Spanish–American War: American troops enter the city of Mayagüez, Puerto Rico.
  • September 21 » Empress Dowager Cixi seizes power and ends the Hundred Days' Reform in China.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1895 » Evripidis Bakirtzis, Greek soldier and politician († 1947)
• 1897 » Carlos Pellicer, Mexican poet and academic († 1977)
• 1898 » Irving Rapper, American film director and producer († 1999)
• 1898 » Margaret Booth, American producer and editor († 2002)
• 1900 » Edith Frank, German-Dutch mother of Anne Frank († 1945)
• 1900 » Kiku Amino, Japanese author and translator († 1978)