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Birthday March 30, 1898

• The temperature on March 30, 1898 was about 5.3 °C. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 86%. Source: KNMI
• Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• Regentes Emma (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1898 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 1898: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
  • February 23 » Émile Zola is imprisoned in France after writing J'Accuse…!, a letter accusing the French government of antisemitism and wrongfully imprisoning Captain Alfred Dreyfus.
  • February 27 » King George I of Greece survives an assassination attempt.
  • July 25 » Spanish-American War: The American invasion of Spanish-held Puerto Rico begins, as United States Army troops under General Nelson A. Miles land and secure the port at Guánica.
  • August 11 » Spanish–American War: American troops enter the city of Mayagüez, Puerto Rico.
  • August 23 » The Southern Cross Expedition, the first British venture of the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration, departs from London.
  • August 24 » Count Muravyov, Foreign Minister of Russia presents a rescript that convoked the First Hague Peace Conference.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1894 » Sergey Ilyushin, Russian engineer, founded Ilyushin Aircraft Company († 1977)
• 1894 » Tommy Green, English race walker († 1975)
• 1895 » Carl Lutz, Swiss vice-consul to Hungary during WWII, credited with saving over 62,000 Jews († 1975)
• 1895 » Charlie Wilson, English footballer († 1971)
• 1895 » Jean Giono, French author and poet († 1970)
• 1899 » Sharadindu Bandyopadhyay, Indian author, playwright, and screenwriter († 1970)