Family tree De Hoon » Petrus de Hoon (1899-????)

Birthday March 28, 1899

• The temperature on March 28, 1899 was about 7.4 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 96%. 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 17 » The United States takes possession of Wake Island in the Pacific Ocean.
  • January 23 » The Malolos Constitution is inaugurated, establishing the First Philippine Republic. Emilio Aguinaldo is sworn in as its first President.
  • February 2 » The Australian Premiers' Conference held in Melbourne decides to locate Australia's capital city, Canberra, between Sydney and Melbourne.
  • March 6 » Bayer registers "Aspirin" as a trademark.
  • June 7 » American Temperance crusader Carrie Nation begins her campaign of vandalizing alcohol-serving establishments by destroying the inventory in a saloon in Kiowa, Kansas.
  • 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

• 1897 » Sepp Herberger, German footballer and manager († 1977)
• 1897 » Tillie Voss, American football player († 1975)
• 1899 » Buck Shaw, American football player and coach († 1977)
• 1899 » Gussie Busch, American businessman († 1989)
• 1899 » Harold B. Lee, American religious leader, 11th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints († 1973)
• 1900 » Edward Wagenknecht, American critic and educator († 2004)