Family tree Van Lamoen » Maria Johanna Bouwmans (1899-????)

Birthday May 18, 1899

• The temperature on May 18, 1899 was about 22.1 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 51%. 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 23 » The Malolos Constitution is inaugurated, establishing the First Philippine Republic. Emilio Aguinaldo is sworn in as its first President.
  • March 30 » German Society of Chemistry issues an invitation to other national scientific organizations to appoint delegates to the International Committee on Atomic Weights.
  • March 31 » Malolos, capital of the First Philippine Republic, is captured by American forces.
  • July 11 » Fiat founded by Giovanni Agnelli in Turin, Italy.
  • September 13 » Henry Bliss is the first person in the United States to be killed in an automobile accident.
  • December 2 » Philippine–American War: The Battle of Tirad Pass, termed "The Filipino Thermopylae", is fought.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1896 » Eric Backman, Swedish runner († 1965)
• 1897 » Frank Capra, Italian-American director, producer, and screenwriter († 1991)
• 1898 » Faruk Nafiz Çamlıbel, Turkish poet, author, and playwright († 1973)
• 1901 » Henri Sauguet, French composer († 1989)
• 1901 » Vincent du Vigneaud, American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1978)
• 1902 » Meredith Willson, American playwright and composer († 1984)