FutureHistory » Catharina Helena Schoeters (1899-????)

Birthday September 20, 1899

• The temperature on September 20, 1899 was about 12.9 °C. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 77%. 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.
  • February 22 » Filipino forces led by General Antonio Luna launch counterattacks for the first time against the American forces during the Philippine–American War. The Filipinos fail to regain Manila from the Americans.
  • 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 11 » Fiat founded by Giovanni Agnelli in Turin, Italy.
  • October 11 » The Second Boer War erupts in South Africa between the British-ruled Cape Colony, and the Boer-ruled Transvaal and Orange Free State.
  • December 2 » Philippine–American War: The Battle of Tirad Pass, termed "The Filipino Thermopylae", is fought.

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• 1893 » Colin Fraser Barron, Scottish-Canadian sergeant, Victoria Cross recipient († 1958)
• 1893 » Hermann Lux, German footballer and manager († 1962)
• 1895 » Walter Dubislav, German logician and philosopher of science († 1937)
• 1899 » Leo Strauss, German-American political scientist, philosopher, and academic († 1973)
• 1902 » Stevie Smith, English author and poet († 1971)
• 1906 » Jean Dréville, French actor, director, producer, and screenwriter († 1997)