Gezinsreconstructies (Ambt-)Vollenhove en Beulake » Martha Wagterveld (1899-????)

Birthday April 27, 1899

• The temperature on April 27, 1899 was about 9.3 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 89%. 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 6 » Spanish–American War: The Treaty of Paris, a peace treaty between the United States and Spain, is ratified by the United States Senate.
  • March 4 » Cyclone Mahina sweeps in north of Cooktown, Queensland, with a 12 metres (39ft) wave that reaches up to 5 kilometres (3.1mi) inland, killing over 300.
  • March 31 » Malolos, capital of the First Philippine Republic, is captured by American forces.
  • July 29 » The First Hague Convention is signed.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1896 » Rogers Hornsby, American baseball player, coach, and manager († 1963)
• 1896 » Wallace Carothers, American chemist and inventor of nylon († 1937)
• 1896 » William Hudson, New Zealand-Australian engineer († 1978)
• 1898 » Ludwig Bemelmans, Italian-American author and illustrator († 1962)
• 1899 » Walter Lantz, American animator, producer, screenwriter, and actor († 1994)
• 1900 » August Koern, Estonian politician and diplomat, Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs in exile († 1989)