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Birthday January 13, 1899

• The temperature on January 13, 1899 was about 6.9 °C. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 72%. 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.
  • March 6 » Bayer registers "Aspirin" as a trademark.
  • April 18 » The St. Andrew's Ambulance Association is granted a royal charter by Queen Victoria.
  • July 17 » NEC Corporation is organized as the first Japanese joint venture with foreign capital.
  • July 26 » Ulises Heureaux, the 27th President of the Dominican Republic, is assassinated.
  • 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

• 1900 » Gertrude Mary Cox, American mathematician († 1978)
• 1900 » Shimizugawa Motokichi, Japanese sumo wrestler († 1967)
• 1901 » A. B. Guthrie, Jr., American novelist, screenwriter, historian († 1991)
• 1901 » Mieczysław Żywczyński, Polish priest and historian († 1978)
• 1902 » Karl Menger, Austrian-American mathematician from the Vienna Circle († 1985)
• 1904 » Richard Addinsell, English composer († 1977)