Eijsermans family tree » Maria Elisabeth de Bie (1899-????)

Birthday April 4, 1899

• The temperature on April 4, 1899 was about 10.5 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 91%. 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 27 » Emilio Aguinaldo leads Filipino forces for the only time during the Philippine–American War at the Battle of Marilao River.
  • May 30 » Pearl Hart, a female outlaw of the Old West, robs a stage coach 30 miles southeast of Globe, Arizona.
  • November 2 » The Boers begin their 118-day siege of British-held Ladysmith during the Second Boer War.
  • 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 » Robert E. Sherwood, American playwright and screenwriter († 1955)
• 1897 » Pierre Fresnay, French actor and screenwriter († 1975)
• 1898 » Agnes Ayres, American actress († 1940)
• 1899 » Hillel Oppenheimer, German-Israeli botanist and academic († 1971)
• 1902 » Louise Lévêque de Vilmorin, French journalist and author († 1969)
• 1902 » Stanley G. Weinbaum, American author and poet († 1935)