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Birthday May 27, 1899

• The temperature on May 27, 1899 was about 11.1 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 70%. 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.
  • 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.
  • February 16 » Iceland's first football club, Knattspyrnufélag Reykjavíkur, is founded.
  • March 27 » Emilio Aguinaldo leads Filipino forces for the only time during the Philippine–American War at the Battle of Marilao River.
  • 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.
  • December 11 » Second Boer War: In the Battle of Magersfontein the Boers commanded by general Piet Cronjé inflict a defeat on the forces of the British Empire commanded by Lord Methuen trying to relieve the Siege of Kimberley.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1897 » Dink Templeton, American rugby player and coach († 1962)
• 1897 » John Cockcroft, English physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1967)
• 1898 » David Crosthwait, American engineer, inventor and writer († 1976)
• 1899 » Johannes Türn, Estonian chess and draughts player († 1993)
• 1900 » Lotte Toberentz, German overseer of the Nazi Uckermark concentration camp († 1964)
• 1900 » Uładzimir Žyłka, Belarusian poet and translator († 1933)