Eijsermans family tree » Johanna Maria Geerts (1899-????)

Birthday February 9, 1899

• The temperature on February 9, 1899 was about 13.0 °C. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 83%. 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.
  • February 2 » The Australian Premiers' Conference held in Melbourne decides to locate Australia's capital city, Canberra, between Sydney and Melbourne.
  • 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 8 » The Irish Literary Theatre in Dublin produced its first play.
  • December 2 » Philippine–American War: The Battle of Tirad Pass, termed "The Filipino Thermopylae", is fought.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1895 » Hermann Brill, German lawyer and politician, 8th Minister-President of Thuringia († 1959)
• 1896 » Alberto Vargas, Peruvian-American painter and illustrator († 1982)
• 1897 » Charles Kingsford Smith, Australian captain and pilot († 1935)
• 1898 » Jūkichi Yagi, Japanese poet and educator († 1927)
• 1901 » Brian Donlevy, American actor († 1972)
• 1901 » James Murray, American actor († 1936)