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Birthday September 28, 1899

• The temperature on September 28, 1899 was about 11.3 °C. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 93%. 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.
  • January 1 » Spanish rule ends in Cuba.
  • February 16 » Iceland's first football club, Knattspyrnufélag Reykjavíkur, is founded.
  • March 27 » Emilio Aguinaldo leads Filipino forces for the only time during the Philippine–American War at the Battle of Marilao River.
  • 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 29 » The First Hague Convention is signed.
  • 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 » Hilda Geiringer, Austrian mathematician († 1973)
• 1898 » Carl Clauberg, German Nazi physician († 1957)
• 1900 » Isabel Pell, American socialite, fought as part of the French Resistance during WWII († 1951)
• 1901 » Ed Sullivan, American television host († 1974)
• 1901 » William S. Paley, American broadcaster, founded CBS († 1990)
• 1903 » Haywood S. Hansell, American general († 1988)