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Birthday November 29, 1899

• The temperature on November 29, 1899 was about 5.9 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 100%. 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.
  • May 8 » The Irish Literary Theatre in Dublin produced its first play.
  • 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.
  • September 13 » Mackinder, Ollier and Brocherel make the first ascent of Batian (5,199 m - 17,058ft), the highest peak of Mount Kenya.
  • November 29 » FC Barcelona is founded by Catalan, Spanish and Englishmen. It later develops into one of Spanish football's most iconic and strongest teams.
  • December 2 » Philippine–American War: The Battle of Tirad Pass, termed "The Filipino Thermopylae", is fought.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1895 » Busby Berkeley, American director and choreographer († 1976)
• 1898 » C. S. Lewis, British novelist, poet, and critic († 1963)
• 1899 » Andrija Artuković, Croatian Minister of Interior († 1988)
• 1899 » Emma Morano, Italian supercentenarian, oldest Italian person ever, last verified person born in the 1800s († 2017)
• 1900 » Mildred Gillars, American broadcaster, employed by Nazi Germany to disseminate propaganda during WWII († 1988)
• 1901 » Mildred Harris, American actress († 1944)