Family tree Hessing » Cornelis Anthonius Johannes Valk (1899-1942)

Birthday August 20, 1899

• The temperature on August 20, 1899 was about 15.2 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 67%. 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 4 » The Philippine–American War begins with the Battle of Manila.
  • 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.
  • April 18 » The St. Andrew's Ambulance Association is granted a royal charter by Queen Victoria.
  • June 7 » American Temperance crusader Carrie Nation begins her campaign of vandalizing alcohol-serving establishments by destroying the inventory in a saloon in Kiowa, Kansas.
  • July 29 » The First Hague Convention is signed.
  • December 2 » Philippine–American War: The Battle of Tirad Pass, termed "The Filipino Thermopylae", is fought.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1896 » Gostha Pal, Indian footballer († 1976)
• 1897 » Tarjei Vesaas, Norwegian author and poet († 1970)
• 1898 » Vilhelm Moberg, Swedish historian, journalist, author, and playwright († 1973)
• 1901 » Salvatore Quasimodo, Italian novelist and poet, Nobel Prize laureate († 1968)
• 1905 » Jean Gebser, German linguist, poet, and philosopher († 1973)
• 1905 » Mikio Naruse, Japanese director and screenwriter († 1969)