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Birthday November 19, 1899

• The temperature on November 19, 1899 was about 6.3 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 91%. 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 23 » The Malolos Constitution is inaugurated, establishing the First Philippine Republic. Emilio Aguinaldo is sworn in as its first President.
  • February 16 » Iceland's first football club, Knattspyrnufélag Reykjavíkur, is founded.
  • March 31 » Malolos, capital of the First Philippine Republic, is captured by American forces.
  • April 18 » The St. Andrew's Ambulance Association is granted a royal charter by Queen Victoria.
  • 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.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1898 » Arthur R. von Hippel, German-American physicist and academic († 2003)
• 1898 » Klement Jug, Slovenian philosopher and mountaineer († 1924)
• 1899 » Abu al-Qasim al-Khoei, Iranian religious leader and scholar († 1992)
• 1899 » Allen Tate, American poet and critic († 1979)
• 1900 » Bunny Ahearne, Irish-English ice hockey player and manager († 1985)
• 1900 » Mikhail Lavrentyev, Russian mathematician and hydrodynamicist († 1980)