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Birthday January 1, 1899

• The temperature on January 1, 1899 was about 2.7 °C. The airpressure was 74 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 96%. 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 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.
  • May 8 » The Irish Literary Theatre in Dublin produced its first play.
  • May 30 » Pearl Hart, a female outlaw of the Old West, robs a stage coach 30 miles southeast of Globe, Arizona.
  • July 17 » NEC Corporation is organized as the first Japanese joint venture with foreign capital.
  • September 23 » The American Asiatic Squadron destroys a Filipino battery at the Battle of Olongapo.
  • December 2 » Philippine–American War: The Battle of Tirad Pass, termed "The Filipino Thermopylae", is fought.

Source: Wikipedia

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• 1900 » Chiune Sugihara, Japanese soldier and diplomat († 1986)
• 1900 » Xavier Cugat, Spanish-American singer-songwriter and actor († 1990)
• 1902 » Buster Nupen, Norwegian-South African cricketer and lawyer († 1977)
• 1902 » Hans von Dohnányi, German jurist and political dissident († 1945)