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Birthday November 24, 1899

• The temperature on November 24, 1899 was about 10.5 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 76%. 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.
  • March 30 » German Society of Chemistry issues an invitation to other national scientific organizations to appoint delegates to the International Committee on Atomic Weights.
  • September 13 » Henry Bliss is the first person in the United States to be killed in an automobile accident.
  • September 13 » Mackinder, Ollier and Brocherel make the first ascent of Batian (5,199 m - 17,058ft), the highest peak of Mount Kenya.
  • 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.
  • December 11 » Second Boer War: In the Battle of Magersfontein the Boers commanded by general Piet Cronjé inflict a defeat on the forces of the British Empire commanded by Lord Methuen trying to relieve the Siege of Kimberley.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1894 » Herbert Sutcliffe, English cricketer and businessman († 1978)
• 1895 » Esther Applin, American geologist and paleontologist († 1972)
• 1897 » Dorothy Shepherd-Barron, English tennis player († 1953)
• 1897 » Lucky Luciano, Italian-American mob boss († 1962)
• 1899 » Ward Morehouse, American author, playwright, and critic († 1966)
• 1904 » Albert Ross Tilley, Canadian captain and surgeon († 1988)