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Birthday April 1, 1898

• The temperature on April 1, 1898 was about 3.6 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 97%. 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.
  • April 22 » Spanish–American War: The USSNashville captures a Spanish merchant ship.
  • June 10 » Spanish–American War: In the Battle of Guantánamo Bay, U.S. Marines begin the American invasion of Spanish-held Cuba.
  • August 11 » Spanish–American War: American troops enter the city of Mayagüez, Puerto Rico.
  • August 23 » The Southern Cross Expedition, the first British venture of the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration, departs from London.
  • September 13 » Hannibal Goodwin patents celluloid photographic film.
  • October 1 » The Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration is founded under the name k.u.k. Exportakademie.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1893 » Cicely Courtneidge, Australian-English actress († 1980)
• 1895 » Alberta Hunter, African-American singer-songwriter and nurse († 1984)
• 1898 » William James Sidis, Ukrainian-Russian Jewish American mathematician, anthropologist, and historian († 1944)
• 1899 » Gustavs Celmiņš, Latvian academic and politician († 1968)
• 1900 » Stefanie Clausen, Danish Olympic diver († 1981)
• 1901 » Whittaker Chambers, American journalist and spy († 1961)