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Birthday September 25, 1899

• The temperature on September 25, 1899 was about 12.4 °C. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 88%. 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 6 » Spanish–American War: The Treaty of Paris, a peace treaty between the United States and Spain, is ratified by the United States Senate.
  • March 27 » Emilio Aguinaldo leads Filipino forces for the only time during the Philippine–American War at the Battle of Marilao River.
  • May 8 » The Irish Literary Theatre in Dublin produced its first play.
  • July 26 » Ulises Heureaux, the 27th President of the Dominican Republic, is assassinated.
  • September 23 » The American Asiatic Squadron destroys a Filipino battery at the Battle of Olongapo.
  • 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.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1897 » William Faulkner, American novelist and short story writer, Nobel Prize laureate († 1962)
• 1898 » Robert Brackman, Ukrainian-American painter and educator († 1980)
• 1899 » Udumalai Narayana Kavi, Indian poet and songwriter († 1981)
• 1900 » Artur Sirk, Estonian soldier, lawyer, and politician († 1937)
• 1901 » Gordon Coventry, Australian footballer († 1968)
• 1901 » Robert Bresson, French director and screenwriter († 1999)