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Birthday May 18, 1899

• The temperature on May 18, 1899 was about 22.1 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 51%. 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 1 » Spanish rule ends in Cuba.
  • February 2 » The Australian Premiers' Conference held in Melbourne decides to locate Australia's capital city, Canberra, between Sydney and Melbourne.
  • March 31 » Malolos, capital of the First Philippine Republic, is captured by American forces.
  • September 23 » The American Asiatic Squadron destroys a Filipino battery at the Battle of Olongapo.
  • 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 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

• 1896 » Eric Backman, Swedish runner († 1965)
• 1897 » Frank Capra, Italian-American director, producer, and screenwriter († 1991)
• 1898 » Faruk Nafiz Çamlıbel, Turkish poet, author, and playwright († 1973)
• 1901 » Henri Sauguet, French composer († 1989)
• 1901 » Vincent du Vigneaud, American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1978)
• 1902 » Meredith Willson, American playwright and composer († 1984)