Family tree Menting » Johannes Gerardus Ariëns (1899-????)

Birthday November 5, 1899

• The temperature on November 5, 1899 was about 14.3 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 79%. 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 14 » Voting machines are approved by the U.S. Congress for use in federal elections.
  • May 30 » Pearl Hart, a female outlaw of the Old West, robs a stage coach 30 miles southeast of Globe, Arizona.
  • July 11 » Fiat founded by Giovanni Agnelli in Turin, Italy.
  • November 2 » The Boers begin their 118-day siege of British-held Ladysmith during the Second Boer War.
  • December 2 » Philippine–American War: The Battle of Tirad Pass, termed "The Filipino Thermopylae", is fought.
  • 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

• 1899 » Margaret Atwood Judson, American historian and author († 1991)
• 1900 » Ethelwynn Trewavas, British ichthyologist, over a dozen fish species named in her honor († 1993)
• 1900 » Martin Dies, Jr., American lawyer, judge, and politician († 1972)
• 1900 » Natalie Schafer, American actress († 1991)
• 1901 » Eddie Paynter, English cricketer († 1979)
• 1901 » Etta Moten Barnett, American actress and singer († 2004)