Eijsermans family tree » Maria Catharina Marijnissen (1899-????)

Birthday July 23, 1899

• The temperature on July 23, 1899 was about 19.7 °C. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 84%. 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 2 » The Australian Premiers' Conference held in Melbourne decides to locate Australia's capital city, Canberra, between Sydney and Melbourne.
  • February 22 » Filipino forces led by General Antonio Luna launch counterattacks for the first time against the American forces during the Philippine–American War. The Filipinos fail to regain Manila from the Americans.
  • 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.
  • September 13 » Henry Bliss is the first person in the United States to be killed in an automobile accident.
  • September 23 » The American Asiatic Squadron destroys a Filipino battery at the Battle of Olongapo.
  • 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.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1898 » Bengt Djurberg, Swedish actor and singer († 1941)
• 1898 » Daniel Cosío Villegas, Mexican historian, economist († 1976)
• 1898 » Herman Kruusenberg, Estonian wrestler († 1970)
• 1898 » Jacob Marschak, Ukrainian-American economist, journalist, and author († 1977)
• 1898 » Red Dutton, Canadian ice hockey player and coach († 1987)
• 1899 » Gustav Heinemann, German lawyer and politician, 3rd President of West Germany († 1976)