Family tree Van Engel(s)dorp Gastelaars » Jan Adriaan Kik (1899-????)

Birthday March 24, 1899

• The temperature on March 24, 1899 was about -1.9 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 84%. 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.
  • February 4 » The Philippine–American War begins with the Battle of Manila.
  • June 12 » New Richmond tornado: The eighth deadliest tornado in U.S. history kills 117 people and injures around 200.
  • September 23 » The American Asiatic Squadron destroys a Filipino battery at the Battle of Olongapo.
  • November 2 » The Boers begin their 118-day siege of British-held Ladysmith during the Second Boer War.
  • December 2 » Philippine–American War: The Battle of Tirad Pass, termed "The Filipino Thermopylae", is fought.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1893 » Walter Baade, German astronomer and author († 1960)
• 1897 » Wilhelm Reich, Austrian-American psychotherapist and academic († 1957)
• 1901 » Ub Iwerks, American animator, director, and producer, co-created Mickey Mouse († 1971)
• 1902 » Thomas E. Dewey, American lawyer and politician, 47th Governor of New York († 1971)
• 1903 » Adolf Butenandt, German biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1995)
• 1903 » Malcolm Muggeridge, English journalist, author, and scholar († 1990)