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Birthday November 9, 1899

• The temperature on November 9, 1899 was about 12.0 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 74%. 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 17 » The United States takes possession of Wake Island in the Pacific Ocean.
  • February 2 » The Australian Premiers' Conference held in Melbourne decides to locate Australia's capital city, Canberra, between Sydney and Melbourne.
  • 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.
  • April 18 » The St. Andrew's Ambulance Association is granted a royal charter by Queen Victoria.
  • July 11 » Fiat founded by Giovanni Agnelli in Turin, Italy.
  • November 2 » The Boers begin their 118-day siege of British-held Ladysmith during the Second Boer War.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1894 » Dietrich von Choltitz, General of the German Army during World War II († 1966)
• 1894 » Mae Marsh, American actress († 1968)
• 1897 » Harvey Hendrick, American baseball player († 1941)
• 1897 » Ronald George Wreyford Norrish, English chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1978)
• 1900 » Oskar Loorits, Estonian author and academic († 1961)
• 1902 » Anthony Asquith, English director and screenwriter († 1968)