Hjort family tree » Christian Frederik August H²egh (1899-????)

Birthday April 15, 1899

• The temperature on April 15, 1899 was about 7.3 °C. The airpressure was 74 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 85%. 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 23 » The Malolos Constitution is inaugurated, establishing the First Philippine Republic. Emilio Aguinaldo is sworn in as its first President.
  • February 4 » The Philippine–American War begins with the Battle of Manila.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • December 2 » Philippine–American War: The Battle of Tirad Pass, termed "The Filipino Thermopylae", is fought.
  • December 11 » Second Boer War: In the Battle of Magersfontein the Boers commanded by general Piet Cronjé inflict a defeat on the forces of the British Empire commanded by Lord Methuen trying to relieve the Siege of Kimberley.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1896 » Nikolay Semyonov, Russian physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate († 1986)
• 1898 » Harry Edward, Guyanese-English sprinter († 1973)
• 1901 » Ajoy Mukherjee, Indian politician, Chief Minister of West Bengal († 1986)
• 1901 » Joe Davis, English snooker player († 1978)
• 1901 » René Pleven, French businessman and politician, Prime Minister of France († 1993)
• 1902 » Fernando Pessa, Portuguese journalist († 2002)