Family tree Hoek, van Scherpenzeel, la Verge en van de Water » Willem van de Water (1899-????)

Birthday April 15, 1899

• The temperature on April 15, 1899 was about 7.3 °C. The airpressure was 74 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 85%. 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 6 » Spanish–American War: The Treaty of Paris, a peace treaty between the United States and Spain, is ratified by the United States Senate.
  • 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 6 » Bayer registers "Aspirin" as a trademark.
  • 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 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

• 1896 » Nikolay Semyonov, Russian physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate († 1986)
• 1898 » Harry Edward, Guyanese-English sprinter († 1973)
• 1901 » Ajoy Mukherjee, Indian politician, Chief Minister of West Bengal († 1986)
• 1901 » Joe Davis, English snooker player († 1978)
• 1901 » René Pleven, French businessman and politician, Prime Minister of France († 1993)
• 1902 » Fernando Pessa, Portuguese journalist († 2002)