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Birthday July 17, 1899

• The temperature on July 17, 1899 was about 18.9 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 68%. 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.
  • February 4 » The Philippine–American War begins with the Battle of Manila.
  • February 6 » Spanish–American War: The Treaty of Paris, a peace treaty between the United States and Spain, is ratified by the United States Senate.
  • February 22 » Filipino forces led by General Antonio Luna launch counterattacks for the first time against the American forces during the Philippine–American War. The Filipinos fail to regain Manila from the Americans.
  • March 30 » German Society of Chemistry issues an invitation to other national scientific organizations to appoint delegates to the International Committee on Atomic Weights.
  • 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.
  • December 11 » Second Boer War: In the Battle of Magersfontein the Boers commanded by general Piet Cronjé inflict a defeat on the forces of the British Empire commanded by Lord Methuen trying to relieve the Siege of Kimberley.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1898 » Berenice Abbott, American photographer († 1991)
• 1898 » Osmond Borradaile, Canadian soldier and cinematographer († 1999)
• 1899 » James Cagney, American actor and dancer († 1986)
• 1900 » Marcel Dalio, French actor († 1983)
• 1901 » Bruno Jasieński, Polish poet and author († 1938)
• 1901 » Luigi Chinetti, Italian-American race car driver († 1994)