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Birthday September 17, 1898

• The temperature on September 17, 1898 was about 18.3 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 73%. Source: KNMI
• Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• Regentes Emma (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1898 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 1898: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
  • January 13 » Émile Zola's J'accuse…! exposes the Dreyfus affair.
  • May 8 » The first games of the Italian football league system are played.
  • August 13 » Spanish–American War: Spanish and American forces engage in a mock battle for Manila, after which the Spanish commander surrendered in order to keep the city out of Filipino rebel hands.
  • September 2 » Battle of Omdurman: British and Egyptian troops defeat Sudanese tribesmen and establish British dominance in Sudan.
  • November 5 » Negrese nationalists revolt against Spanish rule and establish the short-lived Republic of Negros.
  • December 26 » Marie and Pierre Curie announce the isolation of radium.

Source: Wikipedia

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• 1900 » Hughie Critz, American baseball player († 1980)
• 1900 » J. Willard Marriott, American businessman, founded the Marriott Corporation († 1985)
• 1900 » Lena Frances Edwards, African-American physician, awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom († 1986)
• 1900 » Martha Ostenso, Canadian screenwriter and novelist († 1963)