Family tree Haverkamp » Hendrik van Norel (1899-????)

Birthday December 13, 1899

• The temperature on December 13, 1899 was about -11.6 °C. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 93%. 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 23 » The Malolos Constitution is inaugurated, establishing the First Philippine Republic. Emilio Aguinaldo is sworn in as its first President.
  • February 2 » The Australian Premiers' Conference held in Melbourne decides to locate Australia's capital city, Canberra, between Sydney and Melbourne.
  • 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 30 » German Society of Chemistry issues an invitation to other national scientific organizations to appoint delegates to the International Committee on Atomic Weights.
  • July 26 » Ulises Heureaux, the 27th President of the Dominican Republic, is assassinated.
  • 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

• 1897 » Albert Aalbers, Dutch architect, designed the Savoy Homann Bidakara Hotel († 1961)
• 1897 » Drew Pearson, American journalist and author († 1969)
• 1900 » Jonel Perlea, Romanian-American conductor and educator († 1970)
• 1901 » Olev Roomet, Estonian singer, violinist, and bagpipe player († 1987)
• 1902 » Panagiotis Kanellopoulos, Greek philosopher and politician, 138th Prime Minister of Greece († 1986)
• 1902 » Talcott Parsons, American sociologist and academic († 1979)