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Birthday January 27, 1899

• The temperature on January 27, 1899 was about -6.3 °C. The airpressure was 77 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.
  • 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 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.
  • March 31 » Malolos, capital of the First Philippine Republic, is captured by American forces.
  • July 17 » NEC Corporation is organized as the first Japanese joint venture with foreign capital.
  • November 2 » The Boers begin their 118-day siege of British-held Ladysmith during the Second Boer War.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1895 » Harry Ruby, American composer and screenwriter († 1974)
• 1895 » Joseph Rosenstock, Polish-American conductor and manager († 1985)
• 1900 » Hyman G. Rickover, American admiral († 1986)
• 1901 » Art Rooney, American football player and coach, founded the Pittsburgh Steelers († 1988)
• 1901 » Willy Fritsch, German actor († 1973)
• 1903 » John Eccles, Australian-Swiss neurophysiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1997)