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April 25, 1899Source: Wikipedia Historical context
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.
- The Irish Literary Theatre in Dublin opens.
- The United States takes possession of Wake Island in the Pacific Ocean.
- Cyclone Mahina sweeps in north of Cooktown, Queensland, with a 12metres (39ft) wave that reaches up to 5kilometres (3.1mi) inland, killing over 300.
Weather
The temperature on April 26, 1899 was about 12.3 °C. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 69%.
Source: Delpher (Koninklijke Bibliotheek Newspapers from April 26, 1899 at Delpher
Born on April 26
- 1573 » Marie de' Medici, wife of Henry IV of France († 1642)
- 1900 » Charles Richter, American geophysicist († 1985)
- 1911 » Marianne Hoppe, German actress († 2002)
- 1916 » George Tuska, American comic book illustrator († 2009)
- 1925 » Jørgen Ingmann, Danish musician
- 1933 » Arno Allan Penzias, German-born physicist, Nobel laureate
- 1974 » Adil Ray, English radio presenter (BBC Asian Network)
- 1985 » Nam Gyu-Ri, Korean singer (See Ya)
Died on April 26
- 1716 » John Somers, 1st Baron Somers, Lord Chancellor of England (b. 1651)
- 1852 » Charles Athanase Walckenaer, French naturalist (b. 25 December 1771)
- 1881 » Ludwig Freiherr von und zu der Tann-Rathsamhausen, German general (b. 1815)
- 1920 » Srinivasa Ramanujan, Indian mathematician (b. 1887)
- 1932 » William Lockwood, English cricketer (b. 1868)
- 1936 » Tammany Young, American actor (b. 1886)
- 1946 » Jim White, discoverer of Carlsbad Caverns (b. 1882)
- 1991 » Carmine Coppola, American composer and conductor, father of Francis Ford Coppola(b. 1910)
Names that were popular for boys in 1899
- Johannes
- Jan
- Hendrik
- Cornelis
- Willem
- Pieter
- Gerrit
- Petrus
- Adrianus
- Jacob
- Jacobus
- Arie
- Dirk
- Wilhelmus
- Antonius
Names that were popular for girls in 1899
- Maria
- Johanna
- Anna
- Cornelia
- Wilhelmina
- Adriana
- Elisabeth
- Hendrika
- Catharina
- Aaltje
- Jacoba
- Petronella
- Grietje
- Geertruida
- Neeltje