Family tree Kreukniet, Kreuk, van Bemmel , Haak, Lentz » Abraham Christiaan Zuurveld (1899-????)

Birthday April 20, 1899

• The temperature on April 20, 1899 was about 9.5 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 61%. 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.
  • March 6 » Bayer registers "Aspirin" as a trademark.
  • March 27 » Emilio Aguinaldo leads Filipino forces for the only time during the Philippine–American War at the Battle of Marilao River.
  • 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 26 » Ulises Heureaux, the 27th President of the Dominican Republic, is assassinated.
  • September 13 » Henry Bliss is the first person in the United States to be killed in an automobile accident.
  • 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

• 1893 » Harold Lloyd, American actor, comedian, and producer († 1971)
• 1895 » Emile Christian, American trombonist and composer († 1973)
• 1895 » Henry de Montherlant, French essayist, novelist, and dramatist († 1972)
• 1896 » Wop May, Canadian captain and pilot († 1952)
• 1899 » Alan Arnett McLeod, Canadian lieutenant, Victoria Cross recipient († 1918)
• 1904 » Bruce Cabot, American actor († 1972)