Family tree Van Britsom en Bax » Laurent Otto Verhagen (1898-????)

Birthday June 28, 1898

• The temperature on June 28, 1898 was about 14.5 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 88%. 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.
  • April 22 » Spanish–American War: The USSNashville captures a Spanish merchant ship.
  • April 25 » Spanish–American War: The United States declares war on Spain.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • September 21 » Empress Dowager Cixi seizes power and ends the Hundred Days' Reform in China.
  • December 10 » Spanish–American War: The Treaty of Paris is signed, officially ending the conflict.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1891 » Carl Spaatz, American general († 1974)
• 1891 » Esther Forbes, American historian and author († 1968)
• 1892 » Carl Panzram, American serial killer († 1930)
• 1893 » August Zamoyski, Polish-French sculptor († 1970)
• 1894 » Francis Hunter, American tennis player († 1981)
• 1902 » Richard Rodgers, American playwright and composer († 1979)