Kennedy Family Tree » James Godfrey Coleman (1898-1959)

Birthday October 25, 1898

• The temperature on October 25, 1898 was about 12.5 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 56%. 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.
  • May 8 » The first games of the Italian football league system are played.
  • June 21 » The United States captures Guam from Spain. The few warning shots fired by the U.S. naval vessels are misinterpreted as salutes by the Spanish garrison, which was unaware that the two nations were at war.
  • August 13 » Carl Gustav Witt discovers 433 Eros, the first near-Earth asteroid to be found.
  • August 24 » Count Muravyov, Foreign Minister of Russia presents a rescript that convoked the First Hague Peace Conference.
  • August 25 » Seven hundred Greek civilians, 17 British guards and the British Consul of Crete are killed by a Turkish mob in Heraklion, Greece.
  • October 1 » The Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration is founded under the name k.u.k. Exportakademie.

Source: Wikipedia

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• 1897 » Erwin von Lahousen, German Abwehr official († 1955)
• 1897 » Karl Olivecrona, Swedish lawyer and philosopher († 1980)
• 1897 » Luigi Pavese, Italian actor († 1969)
• 1898 » Karl Anton, German director, screenwriter and producer († 1979)
• 1899 » Armand Thirard, French cinematographer († 1973)