Rois Europe » Marguerite Camille Langlois (1899-????)

Birthday June 14, 1899

• The temperature on June 14, 1899 was about 12.9 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 62%. Source: KNMI
• 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.
• In the year 1899: Source: Wikipedia
  • 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.
  • May 30 » Pearl Hart, a female outlaw of the Old West, robs a stage coach 30 miles southeast of Globe, Arizona.
  • July 29 » The First Hague Convention is signed.
  • October 11 » The Second Boer War erupts in South Africa between the British-ruled Cape Colony, and the Boer-ruled Transvaal and Orange Free State.
  • November 2 » The Boers begin their 118-day siege of British-held Ladysmith during the Second Boer War.
  • November 28 » The Second Boer War: a British column is engaged by Boer forces at the Battle of Modder River; although the Boers withdraw, the British suffer heavy casualties.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1894 » Marie-Adélaïde, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg († 1924)
• 1895 » Jack Adams, Canadian-American ice hockey player, coach, and manager († 1968)
• 1900 » June Walker, American stage and film actress († 1966)
• 1900 » Ruth Nanda Anshen, American writer, editor, and philosopher († 2003)
• 1903 » Alonzo Church, American mathematician and logician († 1995)
• 1903 » Rose Rand, Austrian-American logician and philosopher from the Vienna Circle († 1980)