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Birthday October 22, 1899

• The temperature on October 22, 1899 was about 4.4 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 100%. 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.
  • May 8 » The Irish Literary Theatre in Dublin produced its first play.
  • May 30 » Pearl Hart, a female outlaw of the Old West, robs a stage coach 30 miles southeast of Globe, Arizona.
  • June 12 » New Richmond tornado: The eighth deadliest tornado in U.S. history kills 117 people and injures around 200.
  • July 11 » Fiat founded by Giovanni Agnelli in Turin, Italy.
  • July 17 » NEC Corporation is organized as the first Japanese joint venture with foreign capital.
  • December 2 » Philippine–American War: The Battle of Tirad Pass, termed "The Filipino Thermopylae", is fought.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1896 » Charles Glen King, American biochemist and academic († 1988)
• 1896 » José Leitão de Barros, Portuguese film director and playwright († 1967).
• 1897 » Marjorie Flack, American author and illustrator († 1958)
• 1898 » Dámaso Alonso, Spanish poet and philologist († 1990).
• 1899 » Salarrué, Salvadoran writer and painter († 1975).
• 1900 » Ashfaqulla Khan, Indian activist († 1927)