Eijsermans family tree » Maria Elisabeth van Ham (1899-????)

Birthday August 14, 1899

• The temperature on August 14, 1899 was about 24.2 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 57%. 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.
  • March 4 » Cyclone Mahina sweeps in north of Cooktown, Queensland, with a 12 metres (39ft) wave that reaches up to 5 kilometres (3.1mi) inland, killing over 300.
  • March 31 » Malolos, capital of the First Philippine Republic, is captured by American forces.
  • May 8 » The Irish Literary Theatre in Dublin produced its first play.
  • June 12 » New Richmond tornado: The eighth deadliest tornado in U.S. history kills 117 people and injures around 200.
  • July 29 » The First Hague Convention is signed.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1895 » Amaza Lee Meredith, American architect († 1984)
• 1895 » Jack Gregory, Australian cricketer († 1973)
• 1896 » Albert Ball, English fighter pilot († 1917)
• 1896 » Theodor Luts, Estonian director and cinematographer († 1980)
• 1900 » Margret Boveri, German journalist, recipient of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany († 1975)
• 1901 » Alice Rivaz, Swiss pianist and author († 1998)