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Birthday November 12, 1899

• The temperature on November 12, 1899 was about 7.7 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 75%. 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 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 16 » Iceland's first football club, Knattspyrnufélag Reykjavíkur, is founded.
  • March 30 » German Society of Chemistry issues an invitation to other national scientific organizations to appoint delegates to the International Committee on Atomic Weights.
  • July 17 » NEC Corporation is organized as the first Japanese joint venture with foreign capital.
  • September 13 » Mackinder, Ollier and Brocherel make the first ascent of Batian (5,199 m - 17,058ft), the highest peak of Mount Kenya.
  • 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.

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• 1895 » Manuel Alonso Areizaga, Spanish tennis player († 1984)
• 1896 » Salim Ali, Indian ornithologist and author († 1987)
• 1897 » Karl Marx, German composer and conductor († 1985)
• 1898 » Leon Štukelj, Slovenian gymnast († 1999)
• 1900 » Stanley Graham, New Zealand mass murderer († 1941)
• 1901 » James Luther Adams, American minister and theologian († 1994)