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Birthday October 22, 1898

• The temperature on October 22, 1898 was about 13.0 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 100%. 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 1 » Spanish–American War: Battle of Manila Bay: The Asiatic Squadron of the United States Navy destroys the Pacific Squadron of the Spanish Navy after a seven-hour battle. Spain loses all seven of its ships, and 381 Spanish sailors die. There are no American vessel losses or combat deaths.
  • June 13 » Yukon Territory is formed, with Dawson chosen as its capital.
  • June 17 » The United States Navy Hospital Corps is established.
  • June 22 » Spanish–American War: In a chaotic operation, 6,000 men of the U.S. Fifth Army Corps begins landing at Daiquirí, Cuba, about 16 miles (26km) east of Santiago de Cuba. Lt. Gen. Arsenio Linares y Pombo of the Spanish Army outnumbers them two-to-one, but does not oppose the landings.
  • July 4 » En route from New York to Le Havre, the SS La Bourgogne collides with another ship and sinks off the coast of Sable Island, with the loss of 549 lives.
  • August 24 » Count Muravyov, Foreign Minister of Russia presents a rescript that convoked the First Hague Peace Conference.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1896 » Charles Glen King, American biochemist and academic († 1988)
• 1896 » José Leitão de Barros, Portuguese film director and playwright († 1967).
• 1897 » Marjorie Flack, American author and illustrator († 1958)
• 1898 » Dámaso Alonso, Spanish poet and philologist († 1990).
• 1899 » Salarrué, Salvadoran writer and painter († 1975).
• 1900 » Ashfaqulla Khan, Indian activist († 1927)