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Birthday July 1, 1898

• The temperature on July 1, 1898 was about 14.4 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 87%. Source: KNMI
• Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• Regentes Emma (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1898 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 1898: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
  • April 20 » U.S. President William McKinley signed a joint resolution to Congress for declaration of war against Spain, beginning the Spanish–American War.
  • May 1 » Spanish–American War: Battle of Manila Bay: The Asiatic Squadron of the United States Navy destroys the Pacific Squadron of the Spanish Navy after a seven-hour battle. Spain loses all seven of its ships, and 381 Spanish sailors die. There are no American vessel losses or combat deaths.
  • July 25 » Spanish-American War: The American invasion of Spanish-held Puerto Rico begins, as United States Army troops under General Nelson A. Miles land and secure the port at Guánica.
  • August 13 » Spanish–American War: Spanish and American forces engage in a mock battle for Manila, after which the Spanish commander surrendered in order to keep the city out of Filipino rebel hands.
  • September 10 » Empress Elisabeth of Austria is assassinated by Luigi Lucheni.
  • October 1 » The Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration is founded under the name k.u.k. Exportakademie.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1899 » Charles Laughton, English-American actor and director († 1962)
• 1899 » Konstantinos Tsatsos, Greek scholar and politician, President of Greece († 1987)
• 1899 » Thomas A. Dorsey, American pianist and composer († 1993)
• 1901 » Irna Phillips, American screenwriter († 1973)
• 1902 » William Wyler, French-American film director, producer and screenwriter († 1981)
• 1903 » Amy Johnson, English pilot († 1941)