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Birthday July 9, 1899

• The temperature on July 9, 1899 was about 20.5 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 82%. 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.
  • 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.
  • May 30 » Pearl Hart, a female outlaw of the Old West, robs a stage coach 30 miles southeast of Globe, Arizona.
  • July 29 » The First Hague Convention is signed.
  • 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.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1893 » George Geary, English cricketer and coach († 1981)
• 1901 » Barbara Cartland, prolific English author († 2000)
• 1902 » Peter Acland, English soldier († 1993)
• 1905 » Clarence Campbell, Canadian ice hockey player and referee († 1984)
• 1907 » Eddie Dean, American singer-songwriter († 1999)
• 1908 » Allamah Rasheed Turabi, Pakistani philosopher and scholar († 1973)