Family tree Servaes, Maastricht/Venlo/Straelen/Neuss/Düsseldorf » Anna Maria van de Burgt (1898-1898)

Birthday May 2, 1898

• The temperature on May 2, 1898 was about 24.6 °C. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 47%. 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.
  • January 13 » Émile Zola's J'accuse…! exposes the Dreyfus affair.
  • May 1 » Spanish–American War: Battle of Manila Bay: The Asiatic Squadron of the United States Navy destroys the Pacific Squadron of the Spanish Navy after a seven-hour battle. Spain loses all seven of its ships, and 381 Spanish sailors die. There are no American vessel losses or combat deaths.
  • June 11 » The Hundred Days' Reform, a planned movement to reform social, political, and educational institutions in China, is started by the Guangxu Emperor, but is suspended by Empress Dowager Cixi after 104 days. (The failed reform led to the abolition of the Imperial examination in 1905.)
  • July 3 » A Spanish squadron, led by Pascual Cervera y Topete, is defeated by an American squadron under William T. Sampson in the Battle of Santiago de Cuba.
  • August 13 » Spanish–American War: Spanish and American forces engage in a mock battle for Manila, after which the Spanish commander surrendered in order to keep the city out of Filipino rebel hands.
  • October 14 » The steam ship SSMohegan sinks near the Lizard peninsula, Cornwall, killing 106.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1895 » Lorenz Hart, American playwright and lyricist († 1943)
• 1897 » John Frederick Coots, American songwriter († 1985)
• 1898 » Henry Hall, English bandleader, composer, and actor († 1989)
• 1901 » Bob Wyatt, English cricketer († 1995)
• 1901 » Edouard Zeckendorf, Belgian doctor, army officer and mathematician († 1983)
• 1901 » Willi Bredel, German writer († 1964)