Family tree Smith » Martina Ganzeman (1899-????)

Birthday July 2, 1899

• The temperature on July 2, 1899 was about 15.3 °C. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 76%. 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 1 » Spanish rule ends in Cuba.
  • February 4 » The Philippine–American War begins with the Battle of Manila.
  • 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 31 » Malolos, capital of the First Philippine Republic, is captured by American forces.
  • May 30 » Pearl Hart, a female outlaw of the Old West, robs a stage coach 30 miles southeast of Globe, Arizona.
  • 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

• 1900 » Sophie Harris, English costume and scenic designer for theatre and opera († 1966)
• 1900 » Tyrone Guthrie, English actor and director († 1971)
• 1902 » Germaine Thyssens-Valentin, Dutch-French pianist († 1987)
• 1902 » K. Kanapathypillai, Sri Lankan author and academic († 1968)
• 1903 » Alec Douglas-Home, English cricketer and politician, 66th Prime Minister of the United Kingdom († 1995)
• 1903 » Olav V of Norway († 1991)