Family tree Van Engel(s)dorp Gastelaars » Johannes Cornelis Koppejan (1899-????)

Birthday March 6, 1899

• The temperature on March 6, 1899 was about -2.5 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 66%. 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 14 » Voting machines are approved by the U.S. Congress for use in federal elections.
  • March 4 » Cyclone Mahina sweeps in north of Cooktown, Queensland, with a 12 metres (39ft) wave that reaches up to 5 kilometres (3.1mi) inland, killing over 300.
  • March 30 » German Society of Chemistry issues an invitation to other national scientific organizations to appoint delegates to the International Committee on Atomic Weights.
  • April 18 » The St. Andrew's Ambulance Association is granted a royal charter by Queen Victoria.
  • May 8 » The Irish Literary Theatre in Dublin produced its first play.
  • July 17 » NEC Corporation is organized as the first Japanese joint venture with foreign capital.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1895 » Albert Tessier, Canadian priest and historian († 1976)
• 1898 » Gus Sonnenberg, American football player and wrestler († 1944)
• 1900 » Gina Cigna, French-Italian soprano and actress († 2001)
• 1900 » Henri Jeanson, French journalist and author († 1970)
• 1900 » Lefty Grove, American baseball player († 1975)
• 1903 » Empress Kōjun of Japan († 2000)