Family tree familie Put » Johanna Bastiaantje Boon (1898-????)

Birthday September 23, 1898

• The temperature on September 23, 1898 was about 15.5 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 70%. 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.
  • February 15 » The battleship USSMaine explodes and sinks in Havana harbor in Cuba, killing 274. This event leads the United States to declare war on Spain.
  • April 20 » U.S. President William McKinley signed a joint resolution to Congress for declaration of war against Spain, beginning the Spanish–American War.
  • April 22 » Spanish–American War: The USSNashville captures a Spanish merchant ship.
  • April 25 » Spanish–American War: The United States declares war on Spain.
  • August 23 » The Southern Cross Expedition, the first British venture of the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration, departs from London.
  • September 21 » Empress Dowager Cixi seizes power and ends the Hundred Days' Reform in China.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1897 » Paul Delvaux, Belgian painter († 1994)
• 1897 » Walter Pidgeon, Canadian-American actor and singer († 1984)
• 1898 » Les Haylen, Australian journalist and politician († 1977)
• 1899 » Louise Nevelson, American sculptor († 1988)
• 1899 » Tom C. Clark, American lawyer and judge, 59th Attorney General of the United States († 1977)
• 1900 » Bill Stone, English soldier († 2009)