Henning Stamboom » Frederik Karel Swager (1899-????)

Birthday July 4, 1899

• The temperature on July 4, 1899 was about 14.3 °C. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 97%. 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 4 » The Philippine–American War begins with the Battle of Manila.
  • 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.
  • July 11 » Fiat founded by Giovanni Agnelli in Turin, Italy.
  • September 13 » Henry Bliss is the first person in the United States to be killed in an automobile accident.
  • 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.
  • December 2 » Philippine–American War: The Battle of Tirad Pass, termed "The Filipino Thermopylae", is fought.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1898 » Gertrude Lawrence, British actress, singer, and dancer († 1952)
• 1898 » Gertrude Weaver, American supercentenarian († 2015)
• 1898 » Gulzarilal Nanda, Indian politician († 1998)
• 1898 » Pilar Barbosa, Puerto Rican-American historian and activist († 1997)
• 1900 » Belinda Dann, Indigenous Australian who was one of the Stolen Generation, reunited with family aged 107 († 2007)
• 1900 » Nellie Mae Rowe, American folk artist († 1982)