Descendants Schrier » Maria Koster (1898-????)

Birthday November 27, 1898

• The temperature on November 27, 1898 was about 7.6 °C. The airpressure was 74 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 88%. 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.
  • February 23 » Émile Zola is imprisoned in France after writing J'Accuse…!, a letter accusing the French government of antisemitism and wrongfully imprisoning Captain Alfred Dreyfus.
  • June 12 » Philippine Declaration of Independence: General Emilio Aguinaldo declares the Philippines' independence from Spain.
  • July 7 » US President William McKinley signs the Newlands Resolution annexing Hawaii as a territory of the United States.
  • July 8 » The death of crime boss Soapy Smith, killed in the Shootout on Juneau Wharf, releases Skagway, Alaska from his iron grip.
  • August 28 » Caleb Bradham's beverage "Brad's Drink" is renamed "Pepsi-Cola".
  • September 2 » Battle of Omdurman: British and Egyptian troops defeat Sudanese tribesmen and establish British dominance in Sudan.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1894 » Amphilochius of Pochayiv, Ukrainian monk and saint († 1971)
• 1894 » Katherine Milhous, American author and illustrator († 1977)
• 1894 » Konosuke Matsushita, Japanese businessman, founded Panasonic († 1989)
• 1898 » Fredric Warburg, English author and publisher († 1981)
• 1900 » Jovette Bernier, Canadian journalist, author, and radio show host († 1981)
• 1901 » Ted Husing, American sportscaster († 1962)