Family tree Van Britsom en Bax » Pieterke Wiegers (1899-????)

Birthday July 20, 1899

• The temperature on July 20, 1899 was about 23.9 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 65%. 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.
  • March 27 » Emilio Aguinaldo leads Filipino forces for the only time during the Philippine–American War at the Battle of Marilao River.
  • March 31 » Malolos, capital of the First Philippine Republic, is captured by American forces.
  • July 17 » NEC Corporation is organized as the first Japanese joint venture with foreign capital.
  • September 13 » Henry Bliss is the first person in the United States to be killed in an automobile accident.
  • November 28 » The Second Boer War: a British column is engaged by Boer forces at the Battle of Modder River; although the Boers withdraw, the British suffer heavy casualties.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1897 » Tadeusz Reichstein, Polish-Swiss chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1996)
• 1900 » Maurice Leyland, English cricketer and coach († 1967)
• 1901 » Eugenio Lopez Sr., Filipino businessman and founder of the Lopez Group of Companies († 1975)
• 1901 » Heinie Manush, American baseball player and manager († 1971)
• 1901 » Vehbi Koç, Turkish businessman and philanthropist, founded Koç Holding († 1996)
• 1902 » Leonidas Berry, American gastroenterologist († 1995)