About the day » Wednesday March 22, 1899Calender converter

• Anna Dieuwke Metz, Teteringen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Albert-Eugène PERRILLAT, Entremont, 74110, Haute Savoie, Rhône-Alpes, France († 1954)
• Alberdina Adriana Smits, Den Haag,-
• Albert Kerkhof, Ter Apelkanaal, gemeente Vlagtwedde, Groningen, Netherlands
• Overveldt, Bergen op Zoom, N-Br, NL
• Alphonsus Josephus Kleijnen, Noorbeek († 1954)
• * Cornelia Elizabeth Westerhout, Schoonrewoerd († 1980)
• Aafje Kool, Benschop († 1988)
• Anna Catharina van Halbeek, Venlo († 1936)
• Alberdina Adriana Smits, Den Haag

• Adriana van Eijk (64), Ginneken en Bavel
• Bouke van der Veen (40), Dantumadeel (Friesland)
• Anderson Burgess (90), Warren, Missouri, Verenigde Staten
• Aaldert Braad (17), Ossenzijl, Overijssel, Nederland
• Agathe Johanna Piepers (77), Brussel (Vlaanderen) BELGI‰
• Amelie VANLAEKEN (78), Lille (F)
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• Arie Blom (75), Asperen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Adrianus Cauwenberghs‏ (74), Mol, België
• Aleida Schrijver (85), Kampen, Overijssel, Nederland

• 1892 » Charlie Poole, American country banjo player († 1931)
• 1892 » Johannes Semper, Estonian poet and scholar († 1970)
• 1896 » He Long, Chinese general and politician, 1st Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China († 1969)
• 1896 » Joseph Schildkraut, Austrian-American actor († 1964)
• 1899 » Ruth Page, American ballerina and choreographer († 1991)
• 1901 » Greta Kempton, Austrian-American painter († 1991)
• 1902 » Johannes Brinkman, Dutch architect, designed the Van Nelle Factory († 1949)
• 1902 » Madeleine Milhaud, French actress and composer († 2008)
• 1903 » Bill Holman, American cartoonist († 1987)
• 1907 » James M. Gavin, American general and diplomat, United States Ambassador to France († 1990)

• 1864 » Konstanty Kalinowski, writer, journalist, lawyer and revolutionary (b. 1838)
• 1881 » Samuel Courtauld, English businessman (b. 1793)
• 1896 » Thomas Hughes, English lawyer and politician (b. 1822)
• 1913 » Ruggero Oddi, Italian physiologist and anatomist (b.1864)
• 1913 » Song Jiaoren, Chinese educator and politician (b. 1882)
• 1924 » William Macewen, Scottish surgeon and neuroscientist (b. 1848)
• 1931 » James Campbell, 1st Baron Glenavy, Irish lawyer and politician (b. 1851)
• 1942 » Frederick Cuming, English cricketer (b. 1875)
• 1942 » William Donne, English captain and cricketer (b. 1875)
• 1945 » John Hessin Clarke, American lawyer and judge (b. 1857)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Hendrik
4. Cornelis
5. Willem
6. Pieter
7. Gerrit
8. Petrus
9. Jacob
10. Jacobus
11. Adrianus
12. Arie
13. Dirk
14. Wilhelmus
15. Gerardus
16. Hendrikus

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Wilhelmina
6. Elisabeth
7. Catharina
8. Hendrika
9. Adriana
10. Jacoba
11. Aaltje
12. Grietje
13. Neeltje
14. Petronella
15. Geertruida
16. Helena

• 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.
• 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 16 » Iceland's first football club, Knattspyrnufélag Reykjavíkur, is founded.
• 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.
• July 17 » NEC Corporation is organized as the first Japanese joint venture with foreign capital.
• July 29 » The First Hague Convention is signed.
• September 23 » The American Asiatic Squadron destroys a Filipino battery at the Battle of Olongapo.

The temperature on March 22, 1899 was about -1.1 °C. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 92%.